Chalcedony gem in modern gold ring: Chnoubis-sign

PP-ID:

PP-2511

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

AT-Wien-KM_IX B 1235

Collection:

Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum

Collection Inventory:

IX B 1235

Reference Numbers:

Zwierlein-Diehl, AGWien III, 2268; CBd, no. 2511

Material:

chalcedony, white to brown/grey

Dimensions:

7.8 × 6 (si.O.) × 2 mm

Date:

2nd c. AD (Zwierlein-Diehl)

Iconography:

Chnoubis-sign

Provenience:

Egypt

Light grey, translucent chalcedony; side A transverse oval and convex, B hidden, but probably flat. Shap 3? Intact, set in a modern gold ring with a revolving bezel.
From Egypt; purchased through E. A. Burghart, 1821.

Side A: Three S-signs standing for the Chnoubis-sign.
Side B: Hidden.

Selected bibliography
• Zwierlein-Diehl, AGWien III >>, 183, no. 2268; click here for a full-text excerpt.

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Notes Side A of PP-2511