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ENGRAVED GEMSTONE (GEMMA): HUNTING DIANA

Carnelian scarab: the Trojan horse

Classification
scarab
Culture
Etruscan
Dimensions
width: 1.5 cm
Date
500–475 B.C.
Period
Etruscan Classical Period (550–475)
Material
carnelian
Iconography
Trojan horse; warrior, soldier; shield; helmet; armour; spear; crescent; satyr / satyros; battle scene
Production place
Etruria
Findspot
Populonia?
Present location
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Greek and Roman Art
Inventory
32.11.7
ID
Per-1974

Etruscan scarab depicting the Trojan horse. On the back: the face of a satyr.

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Trails
THE TROJAN EPIC CYCLE; The fall of Troy
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