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Inscribed scaraboid
Near Eastern, Levantine, Phoenician
Iron Age
10th–9th century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Carnelian
Dimensions
Length: 20 mm (13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Burton Y. Berry in memory of Michel Chiha of Beirut
Accession Number69.1189
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Scarabs and scaraboids
DescriptionTwo lines of incised inscription in Phoenician characters. "Of Eliagim Servant of the King" (Prof. Baramki, University of Beirut).
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Burton Y. Berry Collection (said to be from Gaza); gift to MFA from Burton Y. Berry in Memory of Michel Chiha of Beirut, October 15, 1969