| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 10939 | |
| Title: | STONE SCARABOID | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 10939 | |
| Description: | Stone scaraboid, longitudinally pierced. Strong resemblances to Lyre Player group, seals made by 8th c. BCE Cilician or N. Syrian workshop widely distributed across the Mediterranean. Cf. Boardman and Buchner 1966, JDAI 81, p. 21, figs. 28-29 for very close parallel; group first defined by E. Porada 1956, The Aegean and the Near East, figs. 51-52, p. 207. Associated with NB233 P157? | |
| Decoration: | Vegetative design structured around drill-hole in center of impression. Same design as MF-1970-16. | |
| Material: | Hard, dark black stone. | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete. Good condition. | |
| Period: | Late Geometric (750-720) | |
| Bibliography: | Stroud 1965, Hesperia 34.1, p.12-13; Boardman 1990 AA p. 12 no. 58ter; Bookidis & Stroud 1997, Corinth 18.3, p.388, grave 29 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Bookidis & Stroud, Corinth 18:3, 1997 Image: bw 2007 005 23 |