Gem
Scarab
Seal (Object)
29-128-542
Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-542 |
Current Location | Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display |
Culture | Etruscan | Italo-Etruscan |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | South Italy |
Period | Late Etruscan |
Date Made | 5th c. BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Carnelian | Sardonyx |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Charioteer | Quadriga | Dog? | Lion? |
Description | Sommerville: Sard. An Etruscan Scarabeus. A charioteer. Etruscan Seals, Scarabei, Intaglios, and Rings, Case FF. Vermeule: Intaglio. Carnelian. Scarab. Unmounted. Charioteer diriving a quadriga of horses to the right. A dog or a lion appears beneath it. Cable border. Globular style, perhaps based on a South Italian or Sicilian Greek coin. Late Etruscan or Italo-Etruscan. |
Length | 1.9 cm |
Width | 1.1 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 542 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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