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Scarab with Herakles Leaning on a Club
5th century BCE (Late Archaic-Classical)
brown and white agate
This scarab bears an image of the hero Herakles carved in intaglio. Herakles is in profile to the left and leaning on the club he holds in his left hand. A line border surrounds the image.
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, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Measurements
Overall: 9/16 in. (1.4 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.
42.482