Gem design: Lion trampling on bull's head

PP-ID:

PP-2801

Classification:

amulet design; gem, magical

Collection ID:

Ad_Chifletius–Macarius_VIII 32

Collection Inventory:

Chifletius–Macarius_VIII 32

Reference Numbers:

Chifletius–Macarius, no. VIII 32; Mastrocinque, SGG I, 380, no. 341.; CBd, no. 2801

Former Collections:

Riti, Giovanni Michele (Io. Michaelis Riti)

Material:

sard (brown)

Iconography:

lion; bull, head of

Divine Names & Voces:

Μουι

Transverse oval. "Sard".

Side A: Lion standing on a baseline in profile to the right, its front right paw placed on top of a bull's head. Greek inscription above the lion: μαυι → variant of Μουι.
Side B: Insufficient information.

Selected bibliography
• Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas >>, 50, 77, VIII 32 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, pl. 149D (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• SGG I >>, no. 341 (with earlier literature).