Harvard Art Museums > 1986.560: Scaraboid with Winged Thunderbolt Gems Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Scaraboid with Winged Thunderbolt , 1986.560,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 17, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/288168. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1986.560 Title Scaraboid with Winged Thunderbolt Classification Gems Work Type gem Date c. 375 BCE Period Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic Culture Greek Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/288168 Physical Descriptions Medium Mottled red jasper Technique Intaglio Dimensions actual: 3 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm (1 3/16 x 7/8 x 1/2 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Damon Mezzacappa, gift; to the Harvard Art Museum, 1986. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Damon Mezzacappa Accession Year 1986 Object Number 1986.560 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Mottled red jasper scaraboid (intaglio gem in the shape of a beetle). On the dome side is shown a winged thunderbold of Zeus. The design is lightly carved. Publication History G. Max Bernheimer, "Catalog of the Greek Engraved Gems in the Collection of the Harvard University Art Museums" (1988), p. 64-67, no. 22 Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC), Artemis (Zürich, Switzerland, 1999), Brontai (suppl. 2009) 1. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
