Ca. 700-500 BC.A stone scaraboid decorated on the flat side with a left-facing running deer with a human-like figure on its back. Perforated longitudinally for suspension. The Phoenicians were a major maritime civilisation originally based in the Eastern Mediterranean before spreading across the Eastern Mediterranean to found Rome's great rival, Carthage. Phoenician culture developed its own distinct and rich mythological tradition. Size: L:19.7mm / W:26.4mm ; 8.64gProvenance: From the private collection of D. Ruskin, Oxfordshire; formerly in a British collection formed in the 1970s on the UK / International art markets.