Red jasper gem: Squatting pregnant woman (A) ithyphallic donkey, υυυ (B)

PP-ID:

PP-2338

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

US-Malibu-Getty_82.AN.162.80a

Collection:

Malibu, The J. Paul Getty Museum

Collection Inventory:

82.AN.162.80a

Reference Numbers:

Michel, DMG, no. 54.9_5; CBd, no. 2338

Former Collections:

Ungar, Stanley (Valley Stream, New York)

Material:

jasper, red

Dimensions:

16 × 12 mm

Iconography:

Omphale; club; childbirth scene; donkey; ithyphallic posture

Divine Names & Voces:

vocales, triads of

Red jasper gem; both faces upright oval and flat, trapezoid section. (Shape 8–9). Intact.

Side A: Nude Omphale, to front, as a squatting pregnant woman, head in profile to right, club in the raised right hand, left hand resting on the knee. Headdress?
Side B: Ithyphallic donkey to left, with Greek letters below: υυυ.