Red jasper gem: Lizard (A) κανθὲ σ' οὔλε (B)
Red jasper gem; side A upright oval, side B transverse oval, both faces flat. 
Side A: Lizard viewed from above, crawling to top. Above, crescent moon pointing to bottom.
Side B: Two lines of Greek inscription: κανθε|σουλε → κανθὲ σ' οὔλε. 'Eye, be healthy!' (The interpretation of 'σ' is uncertain. However, the inscription including 'σ' seems to appear more frequently on magical gems of the type.)
Ch. A. Faraone
w/ Phoinix-team, 2025
Unpublished.
Commentary
• Ch. A. Faraone 2025. Fairly common amulet for eye disease, with one important difference: the medium is red jasper, instead of the usual mottled green and yellow jasper, which seems to have been chosen to imitate the skin of a green lizard; see Ch. A. Faraone: The Transformation of Greek Amulets in Roman Imperial Times (Philadelphia, 2018), 99–100.
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