Scaraboid gem with a gorgon's head
550–500 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueJasper
DimensionsLength: 16 mm (5/8 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession number01.7573
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1900: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in London at Christie's sale Jan 19th 1900.); December 1901: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
2nd century A.D.
2nd–3rd century A.D.
2nd century A.D.
6th–early 5th century B.C.
Late 5th–early 4th century B.C.
about A.D. 136
1st century B.C. (?)
450–400 B.C.
mid 1st century A.D.
1st century B.C.
1st century A.D.
early to mid 1st century B.C.