Lot Essay
For the scarabs and the conoids, see Tafel 14 in Zazoff, ie Antiken Gemmen, München, 1983
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A GROUP OF CYPRIOT OR SYRIAN SCARABS
CIRCA 9TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
Nine of black steatite, one of red steatite, one of brown steatite, and one of pink marble, engraved with hieroglyphs, animals, monsters, human figures, a winged scarab, and bull heads, together with THREE CYPRIOT OR SYRIAN CONOIDAL STAMP SEALS, CIRCA 9TH-8TH CENTURY B.C., one engraved with an animal, one with two rampant horned animals, a tree or standard between them, and one, with a hatched band below the perforation, engraved with a winged griffin (15)
CIRCA 9TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
Nine of black steatite, one of red steatite, one of brown steatite, and one of pink marble, engraved with hieroglyphs, animals, monsters, human figures, a winged scarab, and bull heads, together with THREE CYPRIOT OR SYRIAN CONOIDAL STAMP SEALS, CIRCA 9TH-8TH CENTURY B.C., one engraved with an animal, one with two rampant horned animals, a tree or standard between them, and one, with a hatched band below the perforation, engraved with a winged griffin (15)