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Scarab with two men next to a severed head
Italic, Etruscan
Hellenistic Period
mid 4th–3rd century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Carnelian
Dimensions
Length: 12.5 mm (1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Gardner Brewer
Accession Number98.1119
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Scarabs and scaraboids
DescriptionOrange-red carnelian. Scarab with a flat, oval base engraved in intaglio; pierced lengthwise. Two standing, bearded men, nude except a chlamys over one shoulder, facing each other. Between, a head in profile to right on a short column. Partial groundline. Hatched border. Back carved as a beetle on a cable border plinth. A hatched line separates the thorax from the elytra, which are divided by three lines. Linear, hatched legs.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Mrs. Gardner Brewer Collection; bequest of Mrs. Gardner Brewer to MFA; accessioned: November 1898