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Scaraboid gem with hazel nut
Greek
Classical Period
mid to late 5th century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Chalcedony
Dimensions
Length: 16 mm (5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession Number27.693
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Scarabs and scaraboids
Catalogue Raisonné
Lewes House Gems, no. 068 (1920; 2002, additional published references).
DescriptionIntaglio. Pierced for stringing (horiztonal). Motif oriented vertically. A hazelnut. Hatched border.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to J. D. Beazley, The Lewes House Collection of Ancient Gems, no 68: Bought in Athens, 1901.); April 5, 1926: loaned to MFA by Edward Perry Warren (as 113.26); 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)