Red jasper gem in modern gilded silver ring: Heracles with the Nemean lion (A) κκκ (B)

PP-ID:

PP-2457

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

AT-Wien-KM_IX B 1201

Collection:

Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum

Collection Inventory:

IX B 1201

Reference Numbers:

Zwierlein-Diehl, AGWien III, 2213; Michel, DMG, no. 23.1.a_5; CBd, no. 2457

Material:

jasper, red

Dimensions:

11.6 × 9 (si.O.) × 2.2 mm

Date:

2nd half of 2nd – 1st half of 3rd c. AD (Zwierlein-Diehl)

Iconography:

Heracles wrestling lion; lion; club

Divine Names & Voces:

κκκ

Red jasper gem; both faces upright oval and flat.

(Shape 8–9). Chipped on the left edge of side A. Set in a modern gilded silver ring.
In the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum by 1806.

Side A: Heracles to right, wrestling with the Nemean lion. Behind his right leg, a club.
Side B: Inscibed in one horizontal line: κκκ.

Selected bibliography
• Zwierlein-Diehl, AGWien III >>, 164, no. 2213; click here for a full-text excerpt.
• Michel, DMG >>, no. 23.1.a_5.

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2025.09.06 16:09:45

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