Schist gem: Anguipes (A) Zeus-Sarapis (B)

PP-ID:

PP-1212

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

DE-Berlin-Ant_32.237,21

Collection:

Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Antikensammlung

Collection Inventory:

32.237,21

Reference Numbers:

Weiss, Dressel, no. 671

Former Collections:

Dressel, Heinrich (1845–1920)

Material:

schist

Dimensions:

20.1 × 15.6 × 3.8 mm

Iconography:

Anguipes, cock-headed; shield; whip; armour; mantle; Zeus; Sarapis; modius; scepter, unspecified; Nike; throne; eagle

Both sides flat and upright, octagonal. Black opaque schist, intact.

Side A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to right. Right hand raised and holding a whip, his mantle rolled up on his right arm, left arm visible, the hand holding a round shield. The snake-legs end in arrow-heads.
Side B: Zeus-Sarapis seated in profile to right on a throne. He is crowned with the modius and wears a mantle on his legs. Right hand raised and leaning on a tall sceptre, left hand holding a Victoroila (?). An eagle perches at the foot of the deity.

Selected bibliography
• Weiss 2007 >>, 320–321, no. 671.

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2025.07.29 20:53:16

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