Steatite gem: Danubian riders (A) Lion, λέων (B)
PP-ID:
PP-1216
Classification:
Collection ID:
DE-Berlin-Ant_32.237,490
Collection Inventory:
32.237,490
Reference Numbers:
Weiss, Dressel, no. 677
Former Collections:
Material:
Dimensions:
21.4 × 30.6 × 3.4 mm
Iconography:
Greyish-green steatite, both faces transverse oval, flat. 
(Shape 8-9). Surface strongly abraded.
Side A: The figure of a goddess (Magna Mater/Nemesis) in a long robe, standing in the centre, looking right, flanked by the Danubian riders, their horses' heads topped with a star, their hoofes trampling on figures lying on the ground. The scene is framed on the left and right with a female figure also wearing a long robe, the one on the left holding a four-pointed star. In the upper register, a centrally positioned eagle, flanked by the rayed head of Sol between crescents and a female head (Nemesis?). In the lower register: tripod with stylised offerings, and two quadrupeds (rams?).
Side B: Lion leaping to left, with a Greek inscription in two lines above and below the animal: λε|ων → λέων.
Selected bibliography
• Weiss 2007 >>, 324, no. 677.
(Shape 8-9). Surface strongly abraded.Side A: The figure of a goddess (Magna Mater/Nemesis) in a long robe, standing in the centre, looking right, flanked by the Danubian riders, their horses' heads topped with a star, their hoofes trampling on figures lying on the ground. The scene is framed on the left and right with a female figure also wearing a long robe, the one on the left holding a four-pointed star. In the upper register, a centrally positioned eagle, flanked by the rayed head of Sol between crescents and a female head (Nemesis?). In the lower register: tripod with stylised offerings, and two quadrupeds (rams?).
Side B: Lion leaping to left, with a Greek inscription in two lines above and below the animal: λε|ων → λέων.
Selected bibliography
• Weiss 2007 >>, 324, no. 677.
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2025.08.05 12:32:26
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