Scaraboid gem with a nude youth and a horse
Epimenes
(Greek)
about 500 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueChalcedony
DimensionsWidth x height: 1.6 x 1.1 cm (5/8 x 7/16 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession number27.677
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to J. D. Beazley, The Lewes House Collection of Ancient Gems, no. 28: from the Tyszkiewicz collection. Count Tyszkiewicz told the present owner that it was certainly found in the Egyptian Delta and perhaps at Naucratis); April 5, 1926: loaned to MFA by Edward Perry Warren (as 90.26); November 17, 1927: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 161,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 27.647-27.761)
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.