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Scarab with a Warrior
4th century BCE (Late Classical-early Hellenistic)
carnelian
This scarab bears an image of a warrior carved in intaglio. The warrior is depicted in profile to the right with a shield before him.
Provenance
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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Measurements
Overall: 3/8 in. (1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1913
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
42.485