Silver pendant with carnelian scarab

Silver pendant with carnelian scarab

Description:

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)

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

599 - 400 BC

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.

Accession Number:

74.51.4166