Corinth Object: MF 1974 116
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)