The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Carnelian scaraboid seal

Carnelian scaraboid seal

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Carnelian scaraboid seal

Period:: Classical
Date:: ca. 450-400 B.C.
Culture:: Greek, Ionian
Medium:: Carnelian, burnt
Dimensions:: L. 2.5 cm
Classification:: Gems
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number:: 21.88.40

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 171

Description

Wolf with tail between legs
References

Richter, Gisela M.A. 1922. "Engraved Gems." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 17(9): p. 194, fig. 3.
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What
Sculpture (24,350)

Scarabs (3,371)

Chalcedony (2,967)

Gems (1,924)

Carnelian (1,103)

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Where
Europe (148,586)

Greece (6,287)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,148)
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Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Ancient Greece, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.

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