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Scaraboid
Scaraboid

Scaraboid

Medium/TechniqueChalcedony
DimensionsLegacy dimension: .017 Length: .013 W.
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.1071
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.
Crescent-shaped amulet
Naqada IIc–d2 (Gerzean) 3650–3300 B.C.
Group shot: 20.247, 72.2356, 72.2358, 72.973, 72.3024a-c
690–664 B.C.
Amulet
1894–1595 B.C.
Flake
before 4300 B.C.
Stamp seal
A.D. 226–651
Stamp seal with ring
A.D. 226–651
Arrow-head
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Arrow-head
270 B.C.–A.D. 320