Gem design: Chnoubis, Greek inscription

PP-ID:

PP-2776

Classification:

amulet design; gem, magical

Collection ID:

Ad_Chifletius–Macarius_XVIII 72

Collection:

Whereabouts unknown

Collection Inventory:

Chifletius–Macarius_XVIII 72

Reference Numbers:

Chifletius–Macarius, no. XVIII 72; Mastrocinque, SGG I, 249, no. 157; CBd, no. 2776

Former Collections:

Saumaise, Claude (Claudius Salmasius, 1588–1653)

Iconography:

Chnoubis, lion-headed; nimbus; rays (7); rays, double

Divine Names & Voces:

Χνουβίς

Upright oval, design made after a cast.

Side A: Lion-headed Chnoubis with nimbus and seven rays. The head is turned towards the left. Greek letters are placed between the rays in mirror writing: χ|ν|ο|υ|βι|σ → Χνουβίς.
Side B: No information.

Selected bibliography
• Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas >>, XVIII 72 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, pl. 150G (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• SGG I >>, no. 157 (with earlier literature).

The design may have served as a model for a heliotrope gem in the Museo Civico Correr, Venice (XXXIa 159) and a haematite on the antiquities market (Gorny&Mosch 287/224).

Further resources on PP-2776
• Antiquitatum Thesaurus

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2025.02.19 14:34:22

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