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Intaglio: Eagle Holding Animal

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Red jasper intaglio with a bird flying left. The bird holds a many-legged animal in its talons. A scarab with a sundisk approaches from the left, and the inscription "EKBA" is in the field above the bird and other letters below the beetle. On the other side is the gibberish or "voces magicae" inscription in Greek letters surrounded by a beveled edge.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics Eleftherios Sossidi Hamburg (between 1955-65 - 1990's) sold; [through Sotheby's sale 7742 New York December 7 2001 lot 314]; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University (2001-2012) transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums 2012. Note: E. Sossidi (1913-1992) worked in Cairo from 1958-1968. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University
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Title: Intaglio: Eagle Holding Animal
Description:
Red jasper intaglio with a bird flying left.
The bird holds a many-legged animal in its talons.
A scarab with a sundisk approaches from the left, and the inscription "EKBA" is in the field above the bird and other letters below the beetle.
On the other side is the gibberish or "voces magicae" inscription in Greek letters surrounded by a beveled edge.

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