Dark green jasper: Polymorphic deity (A) ιαρβαθα-logos (B)

PP-ID:

PP-1663

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

DE_Kassel-HKH_Ge 175

Collection:

Kassel, Antikensammlung, Hessen Kassel Heritage

Collection Inventory:

Ge 175

Reference Numbers:

Capello 1702, no. 130; AGD III, no. Kassel 175; Michel 2001, no. 26; Michel, DMG, no. 41. 1.a_2

Former Collections:

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

Material:

jasper, green to black

Dimensions:

18 × 13.3 × 3 mm

Iconography:

polymorphic deity; Bes, mask; crocodile, tail of; bird, tail of; tufts on the knees (animal protomes); feet, in the shape of jackal's heads; atef crown; scepter, unspecified; scepters (2); Ouroboros

Logoi:

ιαρβαθα-logos

Dark, brownish green jasper. Both faces upright oval and flat, trapezoid section. (Shape 8–9). Chipped at the edges.

Side A: Polymorphic deity standing upon an Ouroboros enclosing schematic animals. The double-winged deity is crowned with the atef, the face is covered with the mask of Bes. There are tall sceptres held by both the upper and lower pair of arms (one on the left, two on the right). A bird's tail and a crocodile's tail project towards the left, the feet are in the shape of jackal's heads, the knees are tufted.
Side B: Six lines of Greek inscription: ιαρ|βαθα|γραμν|ηφιβα|οχνη||μεω → ιαρβαθα-logos.

Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 21, no. 130 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, 367, pl. 163E (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Zazoff, AGD III >>, 241, no. 175.
• Michel 2001 >>, 37, no. 26; click here for the full-text excerpt.
• Michel, DMG >>, no. 41. 1.a_2.