Brownish red Jasper gem: Anguipes (A) σεμεσιλαψ (B)

PP-ID:

PP-1686

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

DE-Hamburg-Skoluda_M002

Collection:

Hamburg, Skoluda Collection

Collection Inventory:

M002

Reference Numbers:

Michel 2001, no. 56; Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.1.g_5; CBd, no. 1686

Material:

jasper, red; chalcedony, white to brown/grey

Dimensions:

22.8 × 18.5 × 5.9 mm

Date:

2nd–3rd c. AD (Michel)

Iconography:

Anguipes, cock-headed; rays (7); armour; whip; shield

Divine Names & Voces:

σεμεσειλαμ and variants

Dark brownish red jasper with chalcedony inclusion. Upright oval, side A lightly convex, side B flat, edge rounded. (Shape 2). Intact.

Side A: Cock-headed Anguipes in armour, to front, head in profile to right and crowned with seven rays. Whip in the raised right hand, left hand hidden behind an oval shield.
Side B: Two lines of Greek inscrption: σεμε|σιλαψ → variant of σεμεσειλαμ.

Description based on close observation of the piece by Á. M. Nagy, 2025

Selected bibliography
• Michel 2001 >>, 60, no. 56.; click here for a full-text excerpt.
• Michel, DMG >>, no. 3.A.1.g_5.

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2025.09.09 16:21:55

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