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Scarab: GR.13.1954

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Current Location: In storage

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Description

Heracles, facing front, wearing lionskin and holding club and bow

Notes

History note: Greg Bequest

Legal notes

Greg bequest

Measurements and weight

Depth: 8 mm
Height: 15 mm
Width: 11 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1954) by Greg, Robert, Sir

Dating

4th Century BC
Circa -0400 - Circa -0301

School or Style

Etruscan

Components of the work

Intaglio

Materials used in production

Carnelian

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.13.1954
Primary reference Number: 124182
Gem catalogue number: CG 106
[dup]GR.13.1954

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 14 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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