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Important Etruscan Gemstone
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Artemide eLive Auktion 36
Lot # 941 - ETRUSCAN CARNELIAN SCARABOID Etruscan culture, 4th - 3rd century BC. Important Etruscan scarab beetle in orange carnelian. The curved part is engraved in relief with anatomical details of the scarab, while the flat part depicts a scene from the Twelve Labors of Heracles (the Capturing of the Cretan Bull). Dimensions: 18.5 x 14 mm. Rare and fascinating item, intact and complete. With the sales document of the shop 'à la reine margot', Paris. Ex George Zacos collection. The seventh labour of Heracles, also categorised as the first of the non-Peloponneisan labours, was to capture the Cretan Bull, father of the Minotaur. According to Apollodorus, Heracles sailed to Crete, asked King Minos for help, but Minos told Heracles to capture the bull himself, which he did. After showing the bull to Eurystheus, Heracles released the bull which ended up at Marathon.
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Artemide eLive Auktion 36
Lot # 946 - ANCIENT LEAD WEIGHT Ancient world, c. 5th century BC - 5th century AD. Antique lead weight of truncated cone shape with suspension hole. Dimensions: 48 x 32 mm. Weight: 209 g.
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Artemide eLive Auktion 36
Lot # 948 - ANCIENT GLASS EARRING South East Asia, Vietnam or Cambodia, c. 3rd - 1st century BC. Light blue glass earring, with thicker body and thin ends. Dimensions: 23 x 21.5 mm. Rare, intact and complete.
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Artemide eLive Auktion 36
Lot # 955 - BRONZE LIFE-SIZE FINGER Roman period, c. 1st - 4th century AD. Roman bronze life-size finger, originally belonging to a statue. Dimensions: 54 x 21 mm. Weight: 80.73 g.
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Artemide eLive Auktion 36
Lot # 958 - ANCIENT BRONZE ITEM Late Roman or Early medieval, c. 4th - 8th century AD. Fragment of a larger bronze object, with frontal bust in relief, covered with drapery. Dimensions: 31 x 19 mm. 17.01 g. 31.5 mm.

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