Gem
Scarab
Swivel Ring
Seal (Object)
MS3354
Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery
From: Italy
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS3354 |
| Current Location | Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Etruscan (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Italy |
| Date Made | 599-500 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Gold | Agate | Chalcedony |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Warrior |
| Description | Warrior kneeling left. Original gold swivel ring holds scarab. Seal (in ring mount). Scarab: banded agate. Intaglio. Child's ring (too small for tip of adult little finger). Loop of thin gold with three small logitudinal ridges. Each end of loop terminates in a vertical circular boss which serves to provide swivel for a small scaraboid of dark purple agate with white streaks. On the flat surface of the scaraboid is carved in intaglio a naked male figure on his knees facing to our left, left arm at side, right hand raised holding an object with 2 vertical "prongs." |
| Length | 0.9 cm |
| Width | 0.7 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 1.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
| Other Number | 17 - Other Number |
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