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Scaraboid gem with goat
Greek
Classical Period
late 5th century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Agate
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession Number21.1208
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Scarabs and scaraboids
Catalogue Raisonné
Lewes House Gems, no. 073 (1920; 2002, additional published references).
DescriptionBanded white and tan agate. Intaglio. Pieced for stringing (horizontal). Motif oriented horiztonally. Standing goat facing left. A gamma at right, behind the goat. A large chip in front of the goat, around perforation.
ProvenanceAbout 1912: with Edward Perry Warren (according to J. D. Beazley, The Lewes House Collection of Ancient Gems, no. 73: Bought in Athens about 1912.); April 7, 1921: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 30,000.00 (this figure is the total purchase price for MFA 21.1193-21.1221)