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Scaraboid gem with goat
Greek
Classical Period
late 5th century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Chalcedony
Dimensions
Length x width x thckns.: 1.8 x 1.4 x .06 cm (11/16 x 9/16 x 4/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession Number21.1207
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Scarabs and scaraboids
Catalogue Raisonné
Lewes House Gems, no. 072 (1920; 2002, additional published references).
DescriptionIntaglio. Pierced for stringing (horizontal). Motif oriented horizonally. A bearded goat, with horns, walking to the left. Motif set on a ground line. Hatched border.
ProvenanceBy 1899: with Edward Perry Warren (according to J. D. Beazley, The Lewes House Collection of Ancient Gems, no. 72: Bought from W. T. Ready in 1899.); April 7, 1921: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 30,000.00 (this figure is the total purchase price for MFA 21.1193-21.1221)