Gem design: Anguipes

PP-ID:

PP-2735

Classification:

amulet design; gem, magical

Collection ID:

Ad_Chifletius–Macarius_II 11

Collection Inventory:

Chifletius–Macarius_II 11

Reference Numbers:

Chifletius–Macarius, no. II 11; Mastrocinque, SGG I, 279, no. 211; CBd, no. 2735

Former Collections:

Riti, Giovanni Michele (Io. Michaelis Riti)

Material:

jasper, green and red

Iconography:

Anguipes, cock-headed; shield; armour; whip

Divine Names & Voces:

Ἰάω, variants

Side A of the represented heliotrope gemstone is upright oval.

Side A: Cock-headed Anguipes in armour, standing to front, head turned to the left. There is a round shield in the right hand and a whip in the left hand, both arms are extended and bent at the elbow. The shield is inscribed with Greek letters: λι|αι → variant of Ἰάω?
Between the letters and behind the forearm, a roughly engraved porpax?
Side B: No information.

Selected bibliography
• Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas >>, II 11 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Goorle 1695 >>, vol. 2, no. 334 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, pl. 145L (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• SGG I >>, no. 211 (with earlier literature).

Further resources on PP-2735
• Antiquitatum Thesaurus