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Pseudo-scarab with a running warrior and a siren on the back
Pseudo-scarab with a running warrior and a siren on the back

Pseudo-scarab with a running warrior and a siren on the back

500–480 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueBanded agate
DimensionsThickness x Width x length: 0.6 x 1 x 1.2 cm (1/4 x 3/8 x 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession number27.719
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceBy 1909: with Edward Perry Warren (according to J. D. Beazley, The Lewes House Collection of Ancient Gems, no. 44: bought in Rome, 1909); April 5, 1926: loaned to MFA by Edward Perry Warren (as 112.26); 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)