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Scarab with feathers and scrolls
Near Eastern, Levantine, Phoenician
Iron Age II
9th–8th century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Steatite
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: 0.017 L.
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Perry Warren
Accession Number13.131
CollectionsJewelry, Africa and Oceania, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Scarabs and scaraboids
DescriptionBone-colored steatite scarab. Back carved as beetle with single line dividing elytra and thorax, and roughly carved legs. On base, two opposite feathers on either side of a central register with scroll pattern. Crackled base. Bluish green incrustations on the back.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Suessula.); gift of Edward Perry Warren to MFA, January 2, 1913.