ID: 700006611 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006611	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Engraved Scarab (scarab (sculpture); Unknown Etruscan (Etruscan Artist); 400 - 380 BCE; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 85.AN.123)

Note: The gem is carved in the form of a scarab. On its obverse, Herakles stands to the front; his torso and right leg are frontal, his left leg in profile to right; his head, unbearded, is turned left. He wears a lionskin tied around his neck and leans on a club with his left hand. Nike flies upright to his left, holding his arm in her right hand and crowning him with a wreath. To the right is a lion's-head waterspout pouring water from its mouth; hatched border.

Titles:

Engraved Scarab (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Nike Crowning Hercle (C,U,English,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: 400 - 380 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: 85.AN.123

Other: Creation: Etruria [7024113] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Banded agate

	agate (chalcedony) [300011135]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral, quartz (mineral), chalcedony)

	engraving (action) [300053829]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <subtractive processes and techniques>)

Dimensions: Object: H: 1.8 x W: 1.4 x D: 0.9 cm (3/4 x 9/16 x 3/8 in.)

Cultures:

Etruscan (preferred)

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

religion and mythology

Specific Subjects:

	Herakles [901000042]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Nike [901000070]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Engraved Scarab	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Nike Crowning Hercle	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP,JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)