Scaraboid gem with a griffin
mid-5th–mid-4th century B.C.
Medium/TechniqueRock crystal
DimensionsLength: 28 mm (1 1/8 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession number01.7547
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Greece, said from Mycenae.); December 1901; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
about 1600–1300 B.C.
6th century B.C.
late 6th century B.C.
about 6th century B.C.
6th–4th century B.C.
6th–4th century B.C.
5th–late 4th century B.C.
early 6th–late 4th century B.C.
early 6th–late 4th century B.C.
4th-5th century A.D. or early 19th century ?
mid 2nd to 3rd century A.D.
about 5th–4th century B.C.