Lot Essay
For the style compare no. 740 in Avidad, Corpus of West Semitic Stamp Seals.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A PHOENICIAN BLUE GLASS SCARABOID
CIRCA LATE 9TH-EARLY 8TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A PHOENICIAN BLUE GLASS SCARABOID
Circa Late 9th-Early 8th Century B.C.
Mold-pressed, in Egyptianizing style, the upper register with a recumbent, crowned winged sphinx on the body of a crowned uraeus which rears in front of the sphinx, a straight-winged solar-disk as the field divider, the lower register with a bird with outstretched wings above a uraeus, enclosed within a cable border
.13/16 in. (2.1 cm) long
Circa Late 9th-Early 8th Century B.C.
Mold-pressed, in Egyptianizing style, the upper register with a recumbent, crowned winged sphinx on the body of a crowned uraeus which rears in front of the sphinx, a straight-winged solar-disk as the field divider, the lower register with a bird with outstretched wings above a uraeus, enclosed within a cable border
.13/16 in. (2.1 cm) long