Gem
Scarab
Seal (Object)
29-128-871
Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-871 |
| Current Location | Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Date Made | 4th-3rd c. BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sardonyx |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Tarquinius Superbus | Sage | Human Head |
| Description | Sommerville: Sard. Tarquinius, the Superb, discovering a human head on the occasion of the foundation-work at the Capitoleum. Intaglios and Their Imprints, Case CCC. Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. Scarab. (Unmounted) Three sages performing an act of divination over a human head which emerges from the ground at their feet. Cable border. Representation of some Etruscan ritual legend. Italo-Etruscan |
| Height | 1.6 cm |
| Width | 1.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 871 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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