Blue chalcedony gem: Anubis as mummy (A) Ἰάω (B)

PP-ID:

PP-2388

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

US-Malibu-Getty_85.AN.444.2

Collection:

Malibu, The J. Paul Getty Museum

Collection Inventory:

85.AN.444.2

Reference Numbers:

CBd, no. 2388

Former Collections:

Kagan, Jonathan H. (New York)

Material:

chalcedony, blue to black

Dimensions:

13 × 9 mm

Iconography:

Anubis as mummy; arms crossed; kerykeion; base

Divine Names & Voces:

Ἰάω

Blue chalcedony gem; side A upright oval, side B transverse oval. Both faces convex, lentoid. (Shape 1). Intact.

Side A: Jackal-headed Anubis as mummy, standing to left on a base, arms crossed, holding a kerykeion.
Side B: Inscribed in one line: ιαω → Ἰάω.