Dark green gem in modern gold setting: Solar child in papyrus boat
PP-ID:
PP-2428
Classification:
Collection ID:
AT-Wien-KM_IX B 1193
Collection:
Collection Inventory:
IX B 1193
Reference Numbers:
Zwierlein-Diehl, AGWien III, 2185; Michel, DMG, no. 19.3.d_11; CBd, no. 2428
Material:
Dimensions:
14.4 × 12.9 (si.O.) × 3.3 mm
Date:
2nd c. AD (Zwierlein-Diehl)
Iconography:
Provenience:
Dark green jasper, transverse oval, flat. 
(Shape 8). Intact, mounted in a modern gold ring.
Purchased through A. Steinbüchel in Volterra in 1818.
Side A: The solar child sits with knees drawn up, in profile to left on a lotus flower placed in a papyrus boat. He raises his right hand to his mouth, there is a flail in his left hand, and a headband in his hair. At each end of the boat, a falcon perches, crowned with a solar disk, facing inwards. Facing the solar child from the right, an ithyphallic baboon stands in profile, crowned with the solar disk and raising its paws in greeting.
Side B: Hidden.
(Shape 8). Intact, mounted in a modern gold ring. Purchased through A. Steinbüchel in Volterra in 1818.
Side A: The solar child sits with knees drawn up, in profile to left on a lotus flower placed in a papyrus boat. He raises his right hand to his mouth, there is a flail in his left hand, and a headband in his hair. At each end of the boat, a falcon perches, crowned with a solar disk, facing inwards. Facing the solar child from the right, an ithyphallic baboon stands in profile, crowned with the solar disk and raising its paws in greeting.
Side B: Hidden.
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2025.09.06 14:51:55
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