CASE K. Amethyst scarab

Accession Number AN1938.789
Year 1800 - 1700 BCE
Dimensions 1.5 cm x 1 cm
Medium amethyst
Location Ashmolean Museum
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Amethyst scarab found in Psychro Cave, acquired by Evans in 1897. Probably an Egyptian scarab recut in Crete.

Bibliography

Evans, Arthur. 1909. Scripta Minoa I, pp. 136-137, fig. 79

Evans, Arthur. 1921. The Palace of Minos at Knossos, I, p. 199, fig. 147

Myres, John (ed.). 1936. British Archaeological Discoveries in Greece and Crete 1886-1936, p. 28

Hughes-Brock, Helen and Boardman, John. 2009. Corpus of Minoan and Mycenaean Seals VI: Oxford, the Ashmolean Museum, no. 142