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Scarab: CG 43

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Phoenician type scarab seen from above, surrounded by legend "I am Kreontidas's"

Notes

History note: Finlay bequest

Legal notes

Finlay bequest

Measurements and weight

Depth: 7 mm
Height: 17 mm
Width: 12.5 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed

Dating

6th Century BC, second half#
Circa -0550 BC - Circa -0501 BC

School or Style

Archaic Greek (Aeginetan?)

Components of the work

Intaglio

Materials used in production

Carnelian

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: CG 43
Primary reference Number: 124119
Gem catalogue number: B30 (CM)
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 20 July 2021 Last processed: Wednesday 7 February 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Scarab" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/124119 Accessed: 2024-03-28 22:45:08

Citation for Wikipedia

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/124119 |title=Scarab |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-03-28 22:45:08|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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