Heliotrope gem: Hermanubis with kerykeion and palm branch

PP-ID:

PP-1675

Classification:

gem, non-specified

Collection ID:

DE_Kassel-HKH_Ge 143

Collection:

Kassel, Antikensammlung, Hessen Kassel Heritage

Collection Inventory:

Ge 143

Reference Numbers:

AGD III, no. Kassel 143; Michel 2001, no. 40; Michel, DMG, no. 24.3.b_1

Former Collections:

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

Material:

jasper, green and red

Dimensions:

14.5 × 11.3 × 2.2 mm

Iconography:

Hermanubis; tunic; mantle; palm branch; kerykeion

Upright oval dark green and red jasper (heliotrope) gemstone. Both sides flat, trapezoid section, sloping towards side B. (Shape 8). Well polished, intact.

Side A: Hermanubis standing in frontal view on a baseline, facing right, wearing a tunic and a mantle (chlamys), part of which hangs down over the right arm. Right hand holding a kerykeion, left hand a palm branch.
Side B: Plain.

Selected bibliography
• Zazoff, AGD III >>, 231, no. 143.
• Michel 2001 >>, 47–48, no. 40; click here for the full-text excerpt.
• Michel, DMG >>, no. 24.3.b_1.

Further resources on PP-1675
• Hessen Kassel Heritage Online