Dark green jasper gem: Anguipes and voces (A) Ἀβλαναθαναλβα (B)
PP-ID:
PP-2343
Classification:
Collection ID:
US-Malibu-Getty_83.AN.437.47
Collection:
Collection Inventory:
83.AN.437.47
Reference Numbers:
Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.1.g_20; CBd, no. 2343
Former Collections:
Material:
Dimensions:
20 × 16 × 2 mm
Iconography:
Divine Names & Voces:
Mottled green jasper; both faces upright oval and flat, trapezoid section. 
(Shape 8–9). Intact, save for small chips along the edge.
Side A: Cock-headed Anguipes in armour, to front, head to right. There is a whip in his raised right hand, the left hand is hidden behind a round shield. Solar disk (?) behind the cock-head on the left. Greek inscription around the figure: ιαω αδωναι αβρασαξ ευιε → Ἰάω, Ἀβρασάξ, Ἀδωναΐ ευιε.
Side B: Five lines of Greek inscription: α|βλα|ναθα|ναλ|βα → Ἀβλαναθαναλβα-palindrome.
(Shape 8–9). Intact, save for small chips along the edge.Side A: Cock-headed Anguipes in armour, to front, head to right. There is a whip in his raised right hand, the left hand is hidden behind a round shield. Solar disk (?) behind the cock-head on the left. Greek inscription around the figure: ιαω αδωναι αβρασαξ ευιε → Ἰάω, Ἀβρασάξ, Ἀδωναΐ ευιε.
Side B: Five lines of Greek inscription: α|βλα|ναθα|ναλ|βα → Ἀβλαναθαναλβα-palindrome.
J. Spier
w/ Phoinix-team
Selected bibliography
• Michel, DMG >>, 3.A.1.g_20.
Further resources on PP-2343
• The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection Online
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2025.08.30 10:27:33
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