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Engraved Scarab Gem Inset Into a Ring
Unknownlate 6th century B.C.
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
The scarab is engraved with the head of a ram to left and a star below the jaw. The border is carelessly cross-hatched. The scarab is simple but carefully worked, with a low ridge carination. It is set in a silver mount, which swivels within a tapering solid silver hoop. The silver is covered with a silver chloride deposit.
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Details
- Title: Engraved Scarab Gem Inset Into a Ring
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: late 6th century B.C.
- Location Created: Greece
- Physical Dimensions: Mount: 1.5 × 0.9 × 0.5 cm (9/16 × 3/8 × 3/16 in.)
- Type: Scarab
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Gem: cornelian; ring: silver
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 83.AN.437.4
- Culture: Greek
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California, Gift of Damon Mezzacappa and Jonathan H. Kagan
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Jewelry
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