Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 1974 116 | |
Title: | SCARAB | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Year: | 1974 | |
Object Number: | 116 | |
Description: | Scarab, longitudinally pierced. Flat back. | |
Writing: | inscribed. Impression of lion with sun disk above back walking right. Border. For close parallel cf. T.H.G. James 1961, Perachora 2, cat. D518, cat. D526; A.F. Gorton 1996, type XXVIII, cats. 6-39. Interpretation by Skon-Jedele 1994, Aigyptiaka, cat. 130, p. 238. | |
Material: | White or pale green faience. | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete. Worn. Small chip on beetle's wing but otherwise intact. Details clear. Traces of border of impression preserved. | |
Period: | Archaic (7th-6th c.) | |
Area: | Temple Hill | |
Context: | NB608 B126 P115 | |
Bibliography: | Skon-Jedele 1994, Aigyptiaka, cat. 130, p. 238 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Temple Hill Basket: NB608 B126 P115 Notebook Page: NB 608, spread 61 (p. 115) |