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Scarab with horse

Scarab with horse

Etruscan

Dark red carnelian. Scarab with flat base engraved intaglio; pierced lengthwise. Horse facing left in a globolo style. Back carved as a beetle with incised legs and elytra; winglets with two incised lines; plain plinth.

Carnelian

Hellenistic period

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