There is one of special merit, which has been pronounced "an exquisite specimen of Phoenician lapidary art,"[798] figured by General Di Cesnola in his "Cyprus."[799] Two men in regular Assyrian costume, standing on either side of a "Sacred Tree," grasp, each of them, a branch of it.

Above is a winged circle, with the wings curved so as to suit the shape of the gem.

Below is an ornament, which is six times repeated, like the blossom of a flower; and below this is a trelliswork.
The whole is cut deeply and sharply.

Its Phoenician authorship is assured by its being an almost exact repetition of a group upon the silver patera found at Amathus.[7100] Of other gems equally well engraved the following are specimens.No.

1 is a scarab of cornaline found by M.de Voguee in Phoenicia Proper.[7101] Two male figures in Assyrian costume face each other, their advanced feet crossing.