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Scarab in a modern setting

Date

4th–3rd century B.C.

Medium

Scarab: cornelian; modern mount: gold

Culture

Etruscan

Department

Jewelry

Institution

Getty Museum

Carved in the a globolo style. On the face, a dog running to left; linear border. On the reverse, the legs of the scarab are incised; two double incised lines separate the wing cases of the elytra and the elytra from the thorax. The modern mount may have been intended as a pendant or charm.

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