Radocsay Dénes - Gerevich Lászlóné szerk.: A Szépművészeti Múzeum közleményei 32-33. (Budapest, 1969)

BOARDMAN, JOHN: Near eastern and archaic greek gems in Budapest

11. Phoenician scarab from Tharros. London, British Museum 10. Phoenician scarab from Byblos. London, British Museum 12. Phoenician scarab. Paris, Louvre 13. Pboenician scarab from Tharros. London, British Museum From this sequence it is easy to understand the background of the Budapest scarab, where Bes carries a kid, and to explain the odd object in front of him, which can only have been intended for the inverted piglet seen on (xi) — (xii), abandoned by the artist when he realised that his Bes had both hands full already. 4. Cornelian scarab (Figs. 14, 15).

14 The beetle is very simple, with a double line behind the thorax and summarily marked legs. A deep cut at each side separates thorax from elytra and front from back legs. 14

Invi 56.29. A. 13x10,4, height 23 mm.