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Scarab with head of Hathor
Near Eastern, Levantine, Phoenician
Archaic Period
6th century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Jasper
Dimensions
Length: 14 mm (9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession Number27.712
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Scarabs and scaraboids
DescriptionGreen jasper. Intaglio. Frontal head of Hathor, with disc and double-uraeus crown. She wears a large pectoral collar and wig. Flower (lotus?) at right. Line border. Beetle: high plinth; double line separating thorax and elytra; single line outlines each elytrum; hatching along front legs and clypeus.
ProvenanceBy 1925: with Edward Perry Warren; according to MFA archival card: bought in Catana; October 28, 1925: loaned by Edward Perry Warren to MFA (as 571.25); November 17, 1927: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 161,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 27.647-27.761)