Scarab: Rat, lizard, lion (A) scarab (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-931
ID-Number:
GB-BM-MMEu_G 354, EA 56354
Collection:
GB_London, The British Museum
Inventory:
G 354 (EA 56354)
References:
Michel, BM, no. 572
Former Collections:
Blacas Collection
Material:
faience, green; faience (all colours)
Dimensions:
17 x 15 x 6 mm
Dating:
1st c. AD (Michel)
Iconography:
animal: lion; animal: lizard; animal: rat?; concentric motifs
A: Representation enclosed within a frame following the edge, resembling an Ouroboros, and divided into three segments. Top: squatting rat (?), to right; center: lizard from above, to right; bottom: lion, upside down, striding to left.
B: Profiled as a scarab.
Bibliography
Michel, BM on CBd-931
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CBd-931. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy.
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