Prase gem: Chnoubis (A) Chnoubis-sign (B)

PP-ID:

PP-1692

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

DE_Kassel-HKH_Ge 166

Collection:

Kassel, Antikensammlung, Hessen Kassel Heritage

Collection Inventory:

Ge 166

Reference Numbers:

Capello 1702, no. 193; AGD III, no. Kassel 166; Michel 2001, no. 72; Michel, DMG, no. 11.5_14

Former Collections:

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

Material:

prase (green)

Dimensions:

11.9 × 9.5 × 4.8 mm

Iconography:

Chnoubis, lion-headed; rays (7); Chnoubis-sign

Divine Names & Voces:

Χνουβίς; νααβις βιενουθ and variants

Yellowish green prase, upright oval, both faces convex. (Shape 4). Intact.

Side A: The lion-headed Chnoubis, to left, head surrounded with seven rays.
Side B: Chnoubis-sign with Greek inscription around, starting clockwise at the top: χνουβισναβισβιενυθ → Χνουβίς, variant of νααβις βιενουθ.

Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 32, no. 193 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, 361, pl. 152C (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Zazoff, AGD III >>, 238–239, no. 166.
• Michel 2001 >>, 71, no. 72; click here for the full-text excerpt.
• Michel, DMG >>, no. 11.5_14.