COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.31.11.5
AMICA Library Year:
2000
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name:
Epimenes
Creator Name-CRT:
Attributed to Epimenes
Title:
Scaraboid with an archer testing an arrow
Title Type:
Object name
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
ca. 500 B.C.
Creation Start Date:
-502
Creation End Date:
-498
Materials and Techniques:
Chalcedony
Classification Term:
Gems
Dimensions:
L. 11/16 in. (1.7 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
31.11.5
Credit Line:
Fletcher Fund, 1931
Context:
Epimenes is known from a signature that appears on a gem now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He was probably trained on one of the Aegean Islands.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.gr31.11.5.AV1.tif
