Agate gem in modern gold mount: Uraeus

PP-ID:

PP-2498

Classification:

gem, non-specified

Collection ID:

AT-Wien-KM_IX B 161

Collection:

Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum

Collection Inventory:

IX B 161

Reference Numbers:

Zwierlein-Diehl, AGWien III, 2254; CBd, no. 2498

Material:

agate, blue

Dimensions:

16.4 x 12.4 (si.O.) x 3.8

Date:

1st–2nd c. AD (Zwierlein-Diehl)

Iconography:

uraeus; atef crown; stalks of grain (3)

Provenience:

Egypt

Agate gem with a greyish blue layer over a dark brown one. Upright oval. Placed in a modern gold ring in 1808.
From Egypt, purchased in 1807 through Agnello.

A: Hidden.
B: Rearing uraeus to right, head crowned with the atef. Three stalks of grain behind, to the left of the snake.

Selected bibliography
• Zwierlein-Diehl, AGWien III >>, 178, no. 2254; click here for a full-text excerpt.

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Notes Side B of PP-2498