Lead medallion from the collection of Count Melchior de Voguë, pioneer of Phoenician studies and founder of the Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum. By analogy with the Egyptian sculptor's models, it is assumed that such plates were used by itinerant gold- and silversmiths to offer a choice of motifs to potential customers. The decoration could be multiplied and help the artists to decorate metal cups or tableware with balanced engraved or hammered friezes. So far only two other medallions of this type are known, one from Byblos and another from Memphis. E.G.