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Scarab with horse facing right

Scarab with horse facing right

-400–-200

Medium: Intaglio
Dimensions: 0.2 cm (1/16 in.)
Genre: Gems
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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etruscan

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Brown/white/black banded agate. Scarab with a flat, base engraved intaglio. Horse facing right in a globolo style. Back carved as a beetle with incised elytra and legs, hatched thorax, and plain plinth.