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ID: 700006572
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006572
Record Type: Movable Work
Scarab (scarab (sculpture); Unknown Etruscan (Etruscan Artist); 4th century BCE; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 81.AN.76.162)
Note: Scarab with hatched edge to thorax, corner v winglets on elytra, plinth - cross hatched. Engraved with a man holding a cleaver, a dog before him. Hatched edge to intaglio.
Titles:
Scarab (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
scarab (carving) [300230813] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by subject type>)

Classifications:
jewelry / ornament (preferred)

Creation Date: 4th century BCE

Creator Display:
Unknown Etruscan (Etruscan Artist) [preferred,JPGM]
unknown Etruscan (Etruscan cultural designation) [500125265]
Locations:
Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500125181] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 81.AN.76.162
Other: Creation: Etruria [7024113] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: Carnelian
carnelian [300133223]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral, quartz (mineral), chalcedony)

Dimensions: Object: H: 0.7 x W: 1.3 x D: 1.1 cm (1/4 x 1/2 x 7/16 in.)
Cultures:
Etruscan (preferred)

General Subject:
ornament (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
centaur [300379740]
.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), legendary beings) (AAT)
dog (species) [300250130]
.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Carnivora (order), Canidae (family), Canis (genus)) (AAT)
scaraboid [300265272]
.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by subject type>, scarabs (carvings)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works
Sources and Contributors:
Scarab........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [JPGM]
..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
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