Title:
Silver pendant with carnelian scarab
Caption:
Silver pendant with carnelian scarab. Culture: Cypriot or Phoenician. Dimensions: Other: 5/16 × 9/16 × 11/16 in. (0.8 × 1.4 × 1.7 cm)
Diameter: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm). Date: 6th-5th century B.C..
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.
Technique/material:
Silver, carnelian
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Image size:
3150 x 4200 px | 37.9 MB
Print size:
26.7 x 35.6 cm | 10.5 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)
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