Inventory Number: | J 227 | |
Section Number: | ΒΕ 1826 | |
Conservation Number: | 3017 | |
Title: | Carnelian Scarab | |
Category: | Jewelry & Gems | |
Description: | Intact. Small chips around edges. String hole through long axis. Slightly domed upper surface with engraved lines in shape of beetle. Curved line across middle separating head from back. Bisecting line from midpoint to back edge to render the two wings. Carved eye on head. Line running all the way around just below top edge. Flat underside carved with two lines crossing in an unequal "X", a line running horizontally through the point where the lines cross, and the longer end of the cross filled with parallel lines. Cf. Pylos III, 194:25. | |
Context: | Mycenaean Chamber Tomb. | |
Handling: | in ethafoam cutout inside plastic box inside a ziplock bag | |
Notebook Page: | 8859 ff. | |
Dimensions: | L. 0.0115; Th. 0.005; W. 0.009 | |
Material: | Stone | |
Date: | 24-30 July 1998 | |
Section: | ΒΕ | |
Grid: | K/1,3-2/5,6 | |
Elevation: | 52.09-51.151m. | |
Masl: | 51.151-52.09m. | |
Deposit: | K 2:5 | |
Basket: | 95 | |
Bibliography: | Hesperia 72 (2003), p. 271, no. 48 a, fig. 39. | |
Is Similar To: | Agora:Object:Pylos III, 194:25. | |
References: | Publication: Hesperia 72 (2003) Report: 1998 Excavations Images (5) Deposit: K 2:5 Card: J 227 |