Publisher's Synopsis
Scarabs are common finds in Punic sites around the Mediterranean. In this study the author presents a simple typology for the scarabs that will provide a guide to classifying these finds. She indicates their own kind on other Mediterranean sites and investigates the grounds for their dating and their origin. The study is selective, being based on the major groups if finds from major Punic sites and from many minor ones. It offers some provisional answers to the many questions that beset studies of east and west, of Greek and non-Greek in the 8th-6th centuries BC and sets the scene for futher detailed study of the many scarabs from non-Punic sites that do not fall within this typology.
