Carnelian gem: Anubis with palm-branch and kerykeion

PP-ID:

PP-1124

Classification:

gem, non-specified

Collection ID:

US-NY-MET-GRA_41.160.643

Collection:

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Greek and Roman Art

Collection Inventory:

41.160.643

Reference Numbers:

Bonner, SMA D. 42; Michel, DMG, no. 24.3.b_5; CBd, no. 1124

Former Collections:

Gedney Beatty, William (1869–1941)

Material:

carnelian, yellow to orange

Dimensions:

11 × 9 × 2 mm

Iconography:

Anubis; tunic; mantle; palm branch; caduceus; sistrum

Orange-red carnelian gem; upright oval, both faces flat, edge bevelled towards the back. (Shape 8). Intact.

Side A: Jackal-headed (Bonner: horse-headed) Anubis standing in profile to right on a baseline, clad in a tunic and a mantle thrown over his right shoulder. There is a tall palm branch in his left hand, and a caduceus in his right. Sistrum in the free field behind.
Side B: Undecorated.

Selected bibliography
• Bonner, SMA >>, 259–260, D. 42; click here for the full-text excerpt.
• Michel, DMG >>, 24.3.b_5.

Further resources on PP-1111
• The MET Collections