Jasper gem: Reaper

PP-ID:

PP-2380

Classification:

gem, non-specified

Collection ID:

US-Malibu-Getty_85.AN.370.34

Collection:

Malibu, The J. Paul Getty Museum

Collection Inventory:

85.AN.370.34

Reference Numbers:

Michel, DMG, no. 47.1_1; CBd, no. 2380

Former Collections:

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

Material:

jasper, red

Dimensions:

15 × 14 mm

Iconography:

tree?; reaper; kilt; cap; sickle; stalks of grain

Dark reddish brown jasper; tranverse oval (almost round), side A flat. (Shape 8). Intact.

A: On a groundline, reaper wearing a cap and kilt, stooping to right to cut stalks of grain with a sickle. Behind the figure, a tree?
B: Undecorated.

J. Spier
w/ Phoinix-team

Selected bibliography
• Michel, DMG >>, 329, 47.1_1.

Further resources on PP-2380
• The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection Online

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2025.08.10 10:08:57

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Notes Side A of PP-2380