Silver pendant with carnelian scarab - image 1

Archaic II

Silver pendant with carnelian scarab

On the scarab, two figures flanking a tree. This type of pendant, that undoubtedly also served an amuletic function, was Phoenician in origin and widely distributed throughout the Mediterranean. Other: 5/16 × 9/16 × 11/16 in. (0.8 × 1.4 × 1.7 cm) Diameter: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm)

Date

599 - 400 BC

Accession No.

74.51.4166

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 4166, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.