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Source Description
This scarab bears an image of the hero Herakles moving toward the left carved in intaglio. Herakles wears the skin of the Nemean lion pulled over his head. He holds a bow in his right hand and a club in his left, raised over his head and ready to strike. Gems were used as seals but also as jewelry and could reflect mythological figures as represented elsewhere in the arts, especially in sculpture.
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Document identity
localId
13970
label
Scarab with Herakles Holding a Club and a Bow Set in a Swivel Ring
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
id
13970
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object
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normalized
title
Scarab with Herakles Holding a Club and a Bow Set in a Swivel Ring
description
This scarab bears an image of the hero Herakles moving toward the left carved in intaglio. Herakles wears the skin of the Nemean lion pulled over his head. He holds a bow in his right hand and a club in his left, raised over his head and ready to strike. Gems were used as seals but also as jewelry and could reflect mythological figures as represented elsewhere in the arts, especially in sculpture.
provenance
Hoffmann collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson, London, by 1909, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 22 June 1909, lot 14; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, 1909, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 6th century BCE (Archaic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Precious Stones & Gems
rings
scarabs
intaglios
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
1.5
height
1.3
dimensionsRaw
H of gem: 9/16 x W: 1/2 in. (1.5 x 1.3 cm); W of mount: 7/8 x D: 7/8 in. (2.22 x 2.22 cm)
Source extras
med
green jasper; mount: gold
creator_ids
16410
collection_ids
GRC
JWL
exhibition_ids
2089
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1
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0
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photo
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