Museum of George and Nefeli Giabra Pierides Collection (Donated by Clio and Solon Triantafyllides) / GP 1999-405
Exhibition Number: 16/00
Item: Scaraboid seal
Category: Stamp seals
Dating: 480-310 B.C.
Period: Cypro-Classical (480-310 B.C.)
Material: Shiny black stone (jasper?)
Dimensions: Length: 1.5cm.; width: 1.1cm.; height: 0.7cm.
Description: With distinctly cut sides; device cut on base with another device subsequently cut on top.
Top: lion (?) preparing to spring. Base: Herakles as a bearded naked figure carrying club and bow; hatched border just visible; V-shape behind figure (Cypro-syllabic sign: sa?). Herakles, like Bes, is a popular mythological figure on Cyprus.
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