Scaraboid gem with a kneeling youth drawing a bow
Epimenes
(Greek)
about 500 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueChalcedony
DimensionsLength: 1.8 cm (11/16 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession number21.1194
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceAccording to J. D. Beazley, The Lewes House Collection of Ancient Gems, no. 27: said to have come from Aegina; formerly in Prokesch-Osten and Tyszkiewicz collections; by date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 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)
475–400 B.C.
480–450 B.C.
450–400 B.C.
mid 5th century B.C.
about 500 B.C.
550–331 B.C.
2nd century A.D.
Late 5th–early 4th century B.C.
500–331 B.C.
1st century A.D.