Agate gem: Chnoubis (A) Greek inscription (B)

PP-ID:

PP-1624

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

DE_Kassel-HKH_Ge 171

Collection:

Kassel, Antikensammlung, Hessen Kassel Heritage

Collection Inventory:

Ge 171

Reference Numbers:

Capello 1702, no. 28; AGD III, no. Kassel 171; Michel 2001, no. 65; Michel, DMG, no. 11.3.a_10

Former Collections:

Patin, Charles (Paris, 1633 – Padua, 1693); Capello, Antonio (Venice, 1652–1729); Karl, Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel (Kassel, 1654–1730)

Material:

moss agate (white and green)

Dimensions:

18.3 × 15.2 × 5.0

Iconography:

Chnoubis, lion-headed; rays (7); Chnoubis-sign

Divine Names & Voces:

Χνουμίς

Logoi:

σοροορ-logos

Upright oval, both sides flat, lightly trapezoid section. (Shape 8–9). Light gray moss agate. Intact.

Side A: Inscription in five lines: αιποσ|σοροορμε|ρφσργαρθ|αμαφριο|υριγξ → voces including σοροορ-logos. In the sixth line: Chnoubis-sign.
Side B: Lion-headed Chnoubis in profile to left, head crowned with seven rays. Greek inscription with letters positioned between the rays: χνουμισ → Χνουμίς.

Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 6, no. 28 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, 361, pl. 151A (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Zazoff, AGD III >>, 239–240, no. 171.
• Michel 2001 >>, 67, no. 65; click here for the full-text excerpt.

Further resources on PP-1624
• Hessen Kassel Heritage Online
• Antiquitatum Thesaurus