The whole scene is rather Egyptian than Phoenician or Cypriot, and one cannot help suspecting that the _patera_ was made for an Egyptian customer.
There is a _patera_ at Athens,[772] almost certainly Phoenician, which may well be selected to introduce the more elaborate and complicated of the Phoenician works of art in this class.

It has been figured,[773] and carefully described by MM.

Perrot and Chipiez in these terms:--"The medallion in the centre is occupied by a rosette with eight points.

The zone outside this, in which are distributed the personages represented, is divided into four compartments by four figures, which correspond to each other in pairs.

They lift themselves out of a trellis-work, bounded on either side by a light pillar without a base.