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Scarab with animal-hybrid monster

Greek
Archaic Period
late 6th century B.C.

Medium/Technique Rock crystal
Dimensions Length: 13 mm (1/2 in.)
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7584
NOT ON VIEW

DescriptionIntaglio. Pierced for stringing (horizontal). Motif oriented horizontally. Winged composite creature flying to right. Creature has head (now lost, only mane is still visible) and forelocks of a horse, body of a goat, and tail of a rooster. Large chip in the upper right corner of seal face. Cabled border. Beetle: only partially carved. No dividing line between thorax and elytra, only two small hatches on either side. Ridge separating elytra. Hatch marks along front legs and on the clypeus.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Rome.); December 1901: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren