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Scaraboid (Side A, main view)
Group of the Leaping Lions
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Scaraboid gem engraved with the image of a horse that is nibbling or licking its left front leg.
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Details
- Title: Scaraboid (Side A, main view)
- Creator: Group of the Leaping Lions
- Date Created: late 5th century B.C.
- Location Created: Asia Minor
- Physical Dimensions: 0.8 × 2.1 × 1.6 cm (5/16 × 13/16 × 5/8 in.)
- Type: Gem
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Blue chalcedony
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 81.AN.76.93
- Culture: Greco-Persian
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
- Creator Display Name: Group of the Leaping Lions (Greco-Persian)
- Classification: Jewelry
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