Scarab

Amulet

Pendant

MS1081A

Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery

From: Italy | Etruria | Narce

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS1081A
Current Location Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display
Culture Faliscan | Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Narce
Locus Tomb 23M
Date Made 7th c. BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Amber
Description

Amber; broken about margins of perforations. Back divided lengthwise into three parts by two parallel lines, the intervening spaces filled with parallel diagonal lines. On the upright surface are two horizontal parallel lines; on either side of the less damaged end of the perforation a vertical line.

Length 2 cm
Width 1.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti, 1896

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