Green jasper gem: Anubis with mummy on bier

PP-ID:

PP-2347

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

US-Malibu-Getty_83.AN.437.51

Collection:

Malibu, The J. Paul Getty Museum

Collection Inventory:

83.AN.437.51

Reference Numbers:

Michel, DMG, no. 39.5.a_5; CBd, no. 2347

Former Collections:

Mezzacappa, Damon (1936–2015, New York); Kagan, Jonathan H. (New York)

Material:

jasper, green to black

Dimensions:

14 × 11 mm

Iconography:

Anubis; cup; mummy; mummy wrappings; bier

Green jasper gem; transverse oval, both sides flat. (Shape 8). Intact.

Side A: Jackal-headed Anubis to right, holding a beaker in his left hand, and performing the mummification rite on a body lying on a funerary bier ornamented with a lion's head, lion's legs and lion's tail.
Side B: Undecorated.

J. Spier
w/ Phoinix-team

Selected bibliography
• Michel, DMG >>, 314, 39.5.a_5, pl. 4,1.

Further resources on PP-2347
• The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection Online

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2025.08.15 23:29:46

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Notes Side A of PP-2347