Prism: Figures, snake, Ἰάω
Soft, dark stone (serpentine or steatite?) pendant with a rectangular shape. Pierced lengthwise. Intact.
Side A: Animal-headed figure walking left, raising the right hand, torso shown frontally, the rest of the body in profile.
Side B: ιαω → Ἰάω.
Side C: Rough engraving of a figure whose arms are raised, wearing a modius. (On parallel pieces, it is a female figure in a long dress.)
Side D: Bearded snake crawling upwards, facing right.
Ch. A. Faraone (based on close observation of the piece in 2023)
w/ Phoinix-team, 2025
Unpublished.
Commentary
• Ch. A. Faraone 2025. Part of a group of green-grey serpentine or steatite stones of small size size; all of them have the name Ιαω on one face and most have a single snake and Anubis on the other faces.
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