| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 3951 | |
| Title: | STONE SCARABOID | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 3951 | |
| Description: | Stone scaraboid, pierced longitudinally. | |
| Decoration: | Impression: lion rearing in profile to right, small animal on back. Simple line border. Strong resemblances to Lyre Player group, seals made by 8th c. BCE Silician or N. Syrian workshop widely distributed across Mediterranean. Cf. Boardman and Buchner 1966, JDAI 81, figs. 15, 17, p. 11-12; E. Porada 1956, The Aegean and the Near East, figs. 51-52, p. 207. | |
| Material: | Reddish brown serpentine (steatite?). | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Complete. Good condition. | |
| Area: | South Stoa | |
| Context: | NB139 P127 | |
| Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 1765 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: South Stoa Image: bw 2002 023 23a Basket: NB139 P127 Notebook Page: NB 139, spread 84 (pp. 126 - 127) |
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