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Scarab (3/91)
Unknown
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Figure wearing a short skin and peaked headdress holding a rearing goat; crescent above; hatched exergue and linear border. The engraving is shallow and crudely modeled, without the apparent use of the drill. On the reverse, the elytra of the scarab are separated by a shallow groove.
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Details
- Title: Scarab (3/91)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 5th century B.C.
- Physical Dimensions: 1.7 × 1.4 × 1 cm (11/16 × 9/16 × 7/16 in.)
- Type: Scarab
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Green jasper
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 84.AN.1.10
- Culture: Phoenician
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Jewelry
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