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Scarab with a Man on a Sea Monster
mid 5th-4th century BCE (Classical-early Hellenistic)
carnelian
This scarab bears an image of a man riding on a sea monster in profile to the right carved in intaglio.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Measurements
Overall: 1/2 in. (1.2 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.
42.483