A BLUE GLASS SCARABOID SHOWING A MAN FIGHTING... Lot 22
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A BLUE GLASS SCARABOID SHOWING A MAN FIGHTING A LION, 6TH CENTURY BC
A blue glass scaraboid showing a man, probably representing a ruler, fighting a lion which stands rampant in from of him. Above there is a winged solar disc. Framed by a linear device and an exergal foreground below.
Such objects were produced by casting and grinding. They were exported throughout the Mediterranean by the Phoenician of Tyre and in particular Sidon where the glass industry had great importance from early times.
14 by 9 mm.
A large but shallow chip on the right hand side.
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