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Agate scarab

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Greek and Roman Art

Agate scarab

Etruscan

Date
ca. 460 BCE
Medium
Agate
Dimensions
H.: 9/16 x 7/16 in. (1.5 x 1.1 cm)
Object type
Scarab
Classification
Gems
Culture
Etruscan
Period
Early Classical
Object number
41.160.436
Credit line
Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
Gallery
170
Original Met record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Men
  • Athletes

The Met object ID 253666. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.