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 viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
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)
6th century B.C.
450–400 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.