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Scarab with a Lion Attacking a Stag
4th century BCE (Late Classical-early Hellenistic)
carnelian
This scarab bears an image of a lion, on the right, attacking a stag, on the left, carved in intaglio. 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: 1/2 in. (1.3 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.
42.484