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Heliotrope gem: Ouroboros enclosing uterus and deities (A) uterus (B)
PP-ID:
PP-1697
Classification:
gem, magical
Collection ID:
DE_Kassel-HKH_Ge 173
Collection:
Kassel, Antikensammlung, Hessen Kassel Heritage
Collection Inventory:
Ge 173
Reference Numbers:
Capello 1702, no. 172; AGD III, no. Kassel 173; Michel 2001, no. 77; Michel, DMG, no. 54.4.c_3
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:
32.8 × 25 × 4.5 mm
Iconography:
Ouroboros; Isis; unspecified long dress; crown, unspecified; greeting gesture; Anubis as mummy; mummy wrappings; Chnoubis, lion-headed; rays (4); Osiris; solar disk; uterus, in the form of a cupping vessel; key (6-bitted); uterus, octopus-like
Divine Names & Voces:
vocales, αεηιουω; ορωριουθ
Logoi:
σοροορ-logos
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