Scarab with a warrior (Achle/Achilles?)
450–400 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueBanded agate
DimensionsLength: 14 mm (9/16 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number95.79
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceAccording to Warren's records: by date unknown: Howel Wills Collection, Florence; sold at Christie's, Feb. 1894, as lot 115; purchased at Christie's sale by Edward Perry Warren; 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)
6th century B.C.
1st century B.C.
about 450–400 B.C.
500–475 B.C.
early 5th century B.C.
1st century B.C. (?) or 18th century
19th century A.D.
2nd century A.D.
883–612 B.C.