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Source Description
This scaraboid intaglio bears an image of a frog viewed from above.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
28847
label
Scaraboid Intaglio with a Frog Set in a Swivel Ring
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
28847
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Scaraboid Intaglio with a Frog Set in a Swivel Ring
description
This scaraboid intaglio bears an image of a frog viewed from above.
provenance
Charles Newton-Robinson, London, by 1909, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 22 June 1909, lot 14 [as from Rhodes]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, 1909, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
mid 6th-mid 5th century BCE (Late Archaic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
gems
ring
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 9/16 in. (1.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Greek
inscriptions
[Inscription
Greek]: NAV
med
rock-crystal or chalcedony; mount: gold
creator_ids
6256
collection_ids
none
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
5010ef862ba55123