Description: Upright oblong, both faces flat. Shape 8c–9c. Black haematite. Chipped along the bottom edge.
A: Phoenix with a nimbus with seven rays, standing on an egg placed upon a column or altar. There are five characteres around the rays and two characteres on each side of the phoenix and the egg. Animal triads surrounding the phoenix: from the top: three scarabs, three birds, three goats, a crab and a scorpion on both sides, and a crocodile at the bottom.
B: Inscribed: πεπτε → πέπτε. 'Digest!' followed by six characteres, ιαω → Ἰάω, followed by one character.
Bibliography
Nagy 2012, comm. ad Bonner IV 60-61
Mastrocinque 2014 on CBd-1251