Green jasper gem in modern gilded silver mount: Baboon

PP-ID:

PP-2491

Classification:

gem, non-specified

Collection ID:

AT-Wien-KM_IX B 157

Collection:

Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum

Collection Inventory:

IX B 157

Reference Numbers:

Zwierlein-Diehl, AGWien III, 2247; Michel, DMG, no. 42.1.a_11; CBd, no. 2491

Material:

jasper, green to black

Dimensions:

11.4 × 9 (si.O.) × 2.6 mm

Date:

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

Iconography:

baboon; solar disk; greeting gesture; ithyphallic posture

Light green jasper set in a modern, gilded silver ring; upright oval, flat. (Shape 8).
In the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum by 1806.

Side A: Ithyphallic baboon to left, crowned with the solar disk, paws raised in greeting.
Side B: Hidden.

Selected bibliography
• Zwierlein-Diehl, AGWien III >>, 176, no. 2247; click here for a full-text excerpt.
• Michel, DMG >>, no. 42.1.a_11.

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Notes Side A of PP-2491