Dark green jasper gem: Solar child on lotus flower (A) Ἀβλαναθαναλβα-palindrome (B)
Dark green jasper, transverse oval, both faces flat, trapezoid section. (Shape 8–9). Chipped, about one third of the stone broken off and missing.
Side A: The solar child (Harpocrates) seated to the right on a lotus flower with two buds, right hand holding a flail, left hand raised to the mouth. Near the head, the remains of a star; below, probably the raised paws of an adoring baboon.
Side B: Inscription in three lines: λα|θανα|βα → variant of Ἀβλαναθαναλβα-palindrome.
Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 18, no. 112 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, 365, pl. 158L (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Zazoff, AGD III >>, 233, no. 150.
• Michel 2001 >>, 27–28, no. 12; click here for the full-text excerpt.
• Michel, DMG >>, no. 19.1.e_3.
Further resources on PP-1655
• Hessen Kassel Heritage Online
• Antiquitatum Thesaurus
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