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Lot no. 6
Description
Scaraboid. A warrior stretched out, helmeted, holding a shield and sword (makhaira)
In the field, trace of an inscription in Cypriot.
Cyprus, early 5th century BC
Blue chalcedony
L. 1.82 mm
Pierced lengthways
Minor damage
Presented on its wood and crimson velvet mounting from the early 20th c., with an imprint and a label.
On the back label: 53
On the back inscription in graphite: £2380
Published:
A. Furtwängler, die antiken Gemmen (Leipzig-Berlin,1900),, plate 63, no. 4
J. Boardman, Archaic Greek Gems,1968, plate XVIII, no. 265
Provenance (according to Boardman and on the basis of an impression conserved in Oxford):
Count Michel Tyszkiewicz Collection (1828-1897)
Edward Perry Warren Collection (active 1906-1930)
Arthur Evans Collection (1851-1941)
An early classical scaraboid depicting a laying warrior
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