Carnelian gem: Ouroboros enclosing characteres, Ἀβρασάξ

PP-ID:

PP-4288

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

DE-München-Münzsammlung_2894

Collection:

München, Staatliche Münzsammlung

Collection Inventory:

2894

Reference Numbers:

Michel, DMG, no. 28.13.a_2; CBd, no. 2488

Material:

carnelian, red to brown

Dimensions:

25 × 18.5 × 8 mm

Iconography:

Ouroboros

Divine Names & Voces:

Ἀβρασάξ

Transverse oval red carnelian gem, both sides flat, edge rounded.(Shape 9c). Intact.

A: Undecorated.
B: Enclosed within an Ouroboros-snake with head at bottom to left, characteres and letters in two lines, including three Z-signs, and a large ω. In the third line: αβρασαξ → Ἀβρασάξ.

Selected bibliography
• La Chausse 1700 >>, pl. 139 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, pl. 164F (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Brandt, AGD I >>, no. 2894.