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Intaglio with Egyptian Symbols
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Oblong hematite intaglio with shallow carvings. One side bears Egyptian symbols, with a scarab beetle flying over a phoenix. The phoenix has a sun or nimbus behind its head and a star on either side. It stands on a pyre, with a crocodile below and is flanked by rearing serpents. On the other side is an inscription written vertically 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
Title: Intaglio with Egyptian Symbols
Description:
Oblong hematite intaglio with shallow carvings.
One side bears Egyptian symbols, with a scarab beetle flying over a phoenix.
The phoenix has a sun or nimbus behind its head and a star on either side.
It stands on a pyre, with a crocodile below and is flanked by rearing serpents.
On the other side is an inscription written vertically in Greek letters surrounded by a beveled edge.
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