archaicwonder: Rare Israelite Scaraboid, 8th-7th Century BC This little gray jasper scaraboid sold a
archaicwonder:Rare Israelite Scaraboid, 8th-7th Century BCThis little gray jasper scaraboid sold at auction for $93,750.The underside is engraved with a sailing ship at the top, depicted with a single mast at the center, the prow and the stern of equal height, with the prow terminating in a horse protome, the gunwale with a row of round shields, a steering oar projecting behind, a Hebrew inscription below in two registers, a double line engraved below each line of text, reading: “Belonging to ‘Oniyahu son of Merab,” dividing dots between the words; perforated lengthwise. -- source link
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