Yellow jasper gem: Snake-legged baboon (A) Ἰάω (B)
Yellow jasper gem, side A upright oval, side B transverse oval, both flat, trapezoid section. (Shape 8–9). Large chip at top left.
Side A: Ithyphallic baboon standing to left, both feet ending in snakes and coiling to the left (Zazoff: the snakes may be modern additions). The baboon holds a round shield and a burning torch in his right hand and a whip in his left. Cock's comb (?) on his head.
Side B: Inscribed in one line: ιαω → Ἰάω.
Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 9, no. 50 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, 362, pl. 154H (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Zazoff, AGD III >>, 237, no. 160.
• Michel 2001 >>, 124, no. 124; click here for the full-text excerpt.
• Michel, DMG >>, no. 36.5_1.
Further resources on PP-1751
• Hessen Kassel Heritage Online
• Antiquitatum Thesaurus
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