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Scarab (Front)
Unknown
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Carved in a globolo style. Artemis, in long dress and holding a branch, standing by a deer. The scarab is simple, with incised legs and outlined elytra with winglets distinguished by three diagonal lines; the plinth is plain.
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Details
- Title: Scarab (Front)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 4th–3rd century B.C.
- Location Created: Etruria
- Physical Dimensions: 1.2 × 1 × 7.2 cm (1/2 × 3/8 × 2 13/16 in.)
- Type: Scarab
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Cornelian
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 81.AN.76.149
- Culture: Etruscan
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Jewelry
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