A GRAECO-EGYPTIAN GREEN SCHIST INSCRIBED GNOSTIC SCARAB

SCARAB NEW KINGDOM/SAITE PERIOD; INSCRIPTION ROMAN PERIOD, 4TH CENTURY A.D.

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A GRAECO-EGYPTIAN GREEN SCHIST INSCRIBED GNOSTIC SCARAB
SCARAB NEW KINGDOM/SAITE PERIOD; INSCRIPTION ROMAN PERIOD, 4TH CENTURY A.D.
The scarab naturalistically modelled, the reverse inscribed with a cartouche surrounded by five horizontal lines of magic astrological signs, within the cartouche Anubis stands supporting in his raised hands a figure on a funerary bed, reputedly from Alexandria
1.3/8 in. (3.7 cm.) long

Exhibited

Égypte Romaine, l'autre Égypte, Musée d'Archéologie Méditerranéenne, Marseille, France, 1997.

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Égypte Romaine, l'autre Égypte, Musées de Marseille, 1997, p. 246, no. 281.

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