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Chalcedony scaraboid
Chalcedony
Greek
Archaic
ca. 500 B.C.
Attributed to Epimenes
length 11/16 in. (1.7 cm)
Fletcher Fund, 1931
31.11.5

Archer testing arrow


Epimenes is known from a signature that appears on a gem now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He was probably trained on one of the Aegean Islands.