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Engraved Scarab

Date

4th–3rd century B.C.

Medium

Cornelian

Culture

Etruscan

Department

Jewelry

Institution

Getty Museum

On the face: Male figure to left, holding staff. Carved in the a globolo style. On the reverse, a very simple beetle; the legs are incised; incised lines distinguish thorax from elytra; three diagonal lines distinguish the winglets; the plinth is plain. There is a chip from the back.

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