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Rock crystal gem: Lion-headed figure (A) ζεθ αφοβε-logos (B)
PP-ID:
PP-3378
Classification:
Collection ID:
Fr-BnF-CdM_58.2171
Collection Inventory:
58.2171
Reference Numbers:
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 302; Michel, DMG, no. 37.B.1.b_5; Mastrocinque 2014, no. 178; CBd, no. 3378
Material:
Dimensions:
19 × 15 × 9 mm

Rock crystal gem. Upright oval, both faces convex.(Shape 4). Intact.

Side A: Lion-headed figure standing to the front, wearing a tunic and a mantle, his head surrounded with a nimbus and thirteen rays. There is a whip in his raised right hand and a globus in his left hand, held in front of his body.
Side B: Greek inscription around the edge in two lines: ζεθαφοβετωρθροψμεωμιθρορον|φαωχι → variant of the ζεθ αφοβε-logos.

Selected bibliography
Delatte–Derchain 1964 >>, no. 302.
Michel, DMG >>, no. 37.B.1.b_5.
Mastrocinque 2014 >>, 76, no. 178; click here for the full-text excerpt.
Spier 2025 >>, 113, no. 8.

Further resources of PP-3378
The Cabinet des Médailles database

 


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Notes Side A and B of PP-3378

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