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Amethyst scarab, engraved with the figure of a winged griffin and set in a 19th-century gold ring setting. The ring is inscribed inside 'Siena Oct 10 1860 Rome Nov 8' and outside 'ETRVSCO' suggesting it was purchased in Siena and set into the ring in Rome that year.
Height: 1.2 cm
Width: 1 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2011) by Nichols, Professor Ann Eljenholm
Etruscan
About
-300
BCE
-
About
-200
BCE
Seal
composed of
amethyst
Ring
composed of
gold
Accession number: GR.3.2011
Primary reference Number: 186015
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Seal" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/186015 Accessed: 2024-11-06 00:02:02
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-06 00:02:02|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-186015
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