Yellow jasper gem: βαρχα (A) crab (B)

PP-ID:

PP-1680

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

DE_Kassel-HKH_Ge 190

Collection:

Kassel, Antikensammlung, Hessen Kassel Heritage

Collection Inventory:

Ge 190

Reference Numbers:

Capello 1702, no. 141; AGD III, no. Kassel 190; Michel 2001, no. 45; Michel, DMG, no. 33.1.a_4

Former Collections:

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

Material:

jasper, yellow

Dimensions:

19.5 x 15.8 x 4.5 mm

Iconography:

crab

Divine Names & Voces:

βαρχαι and variants

Yellow jasper. Both faces transverse oval and flat. (Shape 8–9). Intact.

Side A: One line of Greek inscription: βαρχα → variant of βαρχαι.
Side B: Crab seen from above, crawling to top.

• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 23, no. 141 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, 363, pl. 154N (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Zazoff, AGD III >>, 246, no. 190.
• Michel 2001 >>, 51, no. 45.; click here for the full-text excerpt.
• Michel, DMG >>, no. 33.1.a_4.