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Gold Scarab with Depiction of a Bird
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One of a set of four similar gold scarabs. This scarab, which may be a pair with 2012.1.18, has a convex back with two small raised dots for eyes, a horizontal register of a thick line surrounded by a thinner line, with the rest of the body covered by thin vertical lines to indicate the wings. The underside, which is concave, bears an incuse depiction of a stylized bird in profile, facing to the left. The remains of a coiled spring are visible at the top, possibly part of a hinge or used for suspension. The scarab is slightly dented, and the edges have slightly separated on the underside.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University (before 1952-2012) transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums 2012.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University
Title: Gold Scarab with Depiction of a Bird
Description:
One of a set of four similar gold scarabs.
This scarab, which may be a pair with 2012.
1.
18, has a convex back with two small raised dots for eyes, a horizontal register of a thick line surrounded by a thinner line, with the rest of the body covered by thin vertical lines to indicate the wings.
The underside, which is concave, bears an incuse depiction of a stylized bird in profile, facing to the left.
The remains of a coiled spring are visible at the top, possibly part of a hinge or used for suspension.
The scarab is slightly dented, and the edges have slightly separated on the underside.
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