Gem

Scarab

29-128-1756

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1756
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Etruscan
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Etruria
Section Mediterranean
Materials Carnelian
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Heracles | Raft
Description

Intaglio. Scarab. Modern swiveled gilt ring setting. Carnelian. Herakles reclining to right on a raft which is buoyed with five inflated skin amphorae. Line border.

Length 1.6 cm
Width 1.1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1756 - Sommerville Gem Number

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