Cast showing Herakles standing on rocky ground and shouldering the heavens...

On the convex, a beetle

On the flat, Herakles standing on rocky ground and shouldering the heavens...

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Summary: On the flat, Herakles standing on rocky ground and shouldering the heavens, represented by crescent moon and stars, with the Hesperian tree, club, quiver, a rock, a plant, and inscription; on the convex, a beetle
Type: Scarab
Material: Sard
Date: ca. 400 BC - ca. 380 BC
Style: Free Style
Dimensions: L. 0.016 m., W. 0.012 m., Th. 0.009 m.
Culture: Etruscan


Donor: Francis Bartlett Donation

Sources Used: Lewes 1920, no. 88