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| Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | MF 12050 | | Title: | | FAIENCE SCARAB | | Category Code: | | MF | | Object Number: | | 12050 | | Description: | | Faience scarab, longitudinally pierced. Low in profile, cf. MF-12374. | | Decoration: | | Blue glaze with sandy core. Inscribed details clearly defined. | | Writing: | | inscribed. Winged sphinx with curled tail striding toward MAAT feather to right. Cf. T.H.G. James 1962, Perachora 2, cat. D585, p. 505; Lythgoe 1905, Argive Heraion 2, cat. 22, p. 371. | | Material: | | Faience. | | Condition: | | Complete or intact. Complete except for piece missing at head; clean chip showing interior sandy core. | | Period: | | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | | Area: | | Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore | | Context: | | NB282 B5 P112, LOT 2250 | | Bibliography: | | Listed: N. Skon-Jedele 1994, Aigyptiaka, cat.132 (without description) | | Site: | | Acrocorinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore
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