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Soft stone pentagonal prism: Figures, snake, ἅγιε
PP-ID:
PP-4821
Classification:
prism; pendant
Collection ID:
Int-Shick_Gn48
Collection:
Shick Family Collection (Europe – Israel)
Collection Inventory:
Gn48
Material:
stone, brown to black
Dimensions:
31.5 × 12.4 × 13 mm
Iconography:
figure with indistinct animal head; snake

Dark coloured soft stone pendant with a pentagonal shape. Pierced lengthwise. Intact.

Side A: Roughly engraved figure with right hand raised, bent at the elbow, left hand also bent at the elbow, pointing downwards, modius on head. (On parallel pieces, it is a female figure in a long dress with a modius on her head.)
Side B: Bearded snake crawling upwards, facing right.
Side C: Similar figure to side A, only both hands are raised here.
Side D: αγιε → ἅγιε. ’Holy’.
Side E: Animal-headed figure in profile, walking to the left, raising the left hand.

Unpublished.

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2025.10.08 10:20:39
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