Engraved Scarab

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Engraved Scarab

Creator

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Date
4th–3rd century B.C.
Medium
Cornelian
Culture
Etruscan
Department
Jewelry
Institution
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On the face: Man, holding a spear, riding a stag to right; hatched border. Carved in the a globolo style. The scarab on the reverse is carefully cut, with relief legs, hatched thorax, outlined elytra, and V-shaped winglets with three incised lines; the plinth is plain.

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