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CIRCA 700-500 B.C.
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A PHOENICIAN YELLOW JASPER SCARABOID
CIRCA 700-500 B.C.
The base with standing lion-headed goddess, crowned and holding an ankh-sign in one hand, a mace over one shoulder, flanked by two elaborate columns and a pair of crouching monkeys with gazelle heads below and stars above, beneath the scene an inscription in Western Semitic reading "Property of '-s-h", the scene surmounted by a winged solar disc and bird with outspread wings, pierced longitudinally
1 1/8 in. (3 cm.) long
CIRCA 700-500 B.C.
The base with standing lion-headed goddess, crowned and holding an ankh-sign in one hand, a mace over one shoulder, flanked by two elaborate columns and a pair of crouching monkeys with gazelle heads below and stars above, beneath the scene an inscription in Western Semitic reading "Property of '-s-h", the scene surmounted by a winged solar disc and bird with outspread wings, pierced longitudinally
1 1/8 in. (3 cm.) long
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