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Scarab with a stag, set in a gold hoop

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Banded agate scarab, with intaglio. The small gem depicts a stag running to the left in the a-globolo style. The back is carved in a beetle shape, though very simply rendered. The head is visible due to several small grooves. Plain plinth.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics David M. Robinson (by 1960) gift; to the Fogg Art Museum 1960. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of David M. Robinson
Title: Scarab with a stag, set in a gold hoop
Description:
Banded agate scarab, with intaglio.
The small gem depicts a stag running to the left in the a-globolo style.
The back is carved in a beetle shape, though very simply rendered.
The head is visible due to several small grooves.
Plain plinth.

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