Scarab

Scarab

Description:

Scarab in gold band setting, mounted in silver swivel ring; hippocamp.


Diam.: 7/16 in. (1.1 cm) Other: 3/16 in. (0.5 cm)

Period:

Bronze Age

Date:

3900 BC - 100 AD

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Richter, Gisela M. A. 1920. Catalogue of Engraved Gems of the Classical Style. no. 17, pp. 20-21, pl. 3, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1956[1920]. Catalogue of Engraved Gems of the Classical Style: Greek Etruscan, and Roman. no. 58, pp. 15-16, pl. 10, Rome: L'Erma di Bretschneider.Richter, Gisela M. A. 2006[1920]. Catalogue of Engraved Gems of the Classical Style: Greek Etruscan, and Roman, 2nd edn. no. 58, pp. 15-16, pl. 10, Rome: L'Erma di Bretschneider.

Accession Number:

74.51.4194