Gem design: Anguipes (A) Greek inscription (B

Gem design: Anguipes (A) Greek inscription (B–C)

PP-ID:

PP-2741

Classification:

amulet design; gem, magical

Collection ID:

Ad_Chifletius–Macarius_II 13

Collection Inventory:

Chifletius–Macarius_II 13

Reference Numbers:

Chifletius–Macarius, no. III 13; Mastrocinque, SGG I, 289, no. 235; CBd, no. 2741

Former Collections:

Schinkel, Johan (Johannes Schinkelius)

Material:

jasper, green and red

Iconography:

Anguipes, cock-headed; tunic; mantle; shield with Ἰάω; whip

Divine Names & Voces:

Ἰάω; Ἀβρασάξ, variants; voces, unidentified

Both faces of the represented gemstone are upright oval and flat. "Heliotrope."

Side A: Cock-headed Anguipes in tunic and mantle, seen from the front, head turned to the left. The figure's right hand is hidden behind an oval shield, which bears the letters ι|αω → Ἰάω clockwise from the top. There is a whip in the raised left hand. Below the figure: letters and characteres.
Side B: Greek inscription in nine lines: letters and characteres, beginning with δκρ|δσαξ for Ἀβρασάξ.
Side C: Inscribed around the edge: letters and characteres.

Selected bibliography
• Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas >>, II 13 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, pl. 146C (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• SGG I >>, no. 235 (with earlier literature)