Scaraboid gem with a head of a bearded man
450–430 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueJasper
DimensionsLength: 2.1 cm (13/16 in.); width: 1.7 cm (11/16 in.); thickness: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession number23.580
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceAccording to J. D. Beazley, The Lewes House Collection of Ancient Gems, no. 50: said to have been found in a tomb at Kara in Attica about 1860. It passed into the hands of Admiral Soteriades, and was later in the possession of Rhousopoulos; then in the Evans collection.); by date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; November 21, 1923: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 32,948.27 (this figure is the total purchase price for MFA 23.576-23.594)
2nd century A.D.
550–500 B.C.
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.