Gold and carnelian scaraboid ring
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Scaraboid in gold band setting, mounted in gold ring. Herakles, nude with lion skin over his arm and with club, carved in Late Archaic style.
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Scaraboid in gold band setting, mounted in gold ring. Herakles, nude with lion skin over his arm and with club, carved in Late Archaic style.
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Title: Gold and carnelian scaraboid ring
Period: Classical
Date: ca. 450 BCE
Culture: Greek, Cypriot
Medium: Gold, carnelian
Dimensions: 11/16 × 3/8 × 3/4 in. (1.7 × 0.9 × 2 cm)
Classifications: Gems, Gold and Silver
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.4224
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