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Agate scarab

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Greek and Roman Art

Agate scarab

Etruscan

Date
4th century BCE
Medium
Agate
Dimensions
H.: 5/16 x 1/4 in. (0.8 x 0.6 cm)
Object type
Scarab
Classification
Gems
Culture
Etruscan
Period
Late Classical
Object number
41.160.498
Credit line
Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
Gallery
170
Original Met record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Men
  • Reading
  • Scarabs

The Met object ID 253726. 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.