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History of Phoenicia

CHAPTER VII--AESTHETIC ART
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Both hold in one hand the _ankh_ or symbol of life.

One has in the left hand what is thought to be a lotus blossom.

The other has the right hand raised in the usual attitude of adoration.

Between the figures, wherever there was space for them, are Phoenician characters, which are read as {...}, or _l'Beka_--i.e."(the seal) of Beka."[7102] No.

2, which has been set in a ring, is one of the many scarabs brought by General Di Cesnola from Cyprus.[7103] It contains the figure of a hind, suckling her fawn, and is very delicately carved.


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