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ASTA 267 - GLITTICA ASTA 267 - GLITTICA
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A CLASSICAL PHOENICIAN GREEN JASPER ENGRAVED CUTTED SCARAB. GODS SURROUNDING HORUS AS A CHILD.
A CLASSICAL PHOENICIAN GREEN JASPER ENGRAVED CUTTED SCARAB. GODS SURROUNDING HORUS AS A CHILD.
5th century B.C.
12x16x3 mm
The standing gods with lunar discs are surrounding Horus as a child, seated on a djed pillar (?). Beneath the sign « nb » meaning Master. On top, winged solar disc. The back of the stone has been cutted in half leaving visible the trace of tubular hole.
For a similar iconography see Beazley 12/X15 Carthage no. 656.
Provenance: U.K. private collection