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Engraved Scarab (Impression)
Lyre Player Group
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Scarab gem engraved with the image of a standing lyre player, a kneeling figure, and two other standing figures, who all face a seated figure. The thick groundline is emphasized with a hatched horizontal band below the scene. The back of the scarab is only summarily worked. Framed by a linear border.
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Details
- Title: Engraved Scarab (Impression)
- Creator: Lyre Player Group
- Date Created: second half of 8th century B.C.
- Location Created: Northern Syria, Syria
- Physical Dimensions: 2 × 1.5 × 1 cm (13/16 × 9/16 × 3/8 in.)
- Type: Scarab
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Dark brown serpentine
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 85.AN.370.3
- Culture: Near Eastern (Cilician)
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
- Creator Display Name: Lyre Player Group (Cilician)
- Classification: Jewelry
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