Chalcedony gem: Voces (A) vox, star, crescent moon (B) voces (C)

PP-ID:

PP-4859

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

Int-Shick_Gn86

Collection:

Shick Family Collection (Europe – Israel)

Collection Inventory:

Gn86

Material:

chalcedony, white to brown/grey

Dimensions:

19.1 × 17.1 × 3.6 mm

Iconography:

star; moon, crescent

Divine Names & Voces:

Ἰάω; Ἀβρασάξ, variants

Light-brown chalcedony (?) gem, side A upright oval, side B transverse oval; both sides flat. (Shape 8–9). Intact.

Side A: Greek inscription in four lines: αλων|εαιηαιαω|αβρβασα|χζση → unidentified voces, including Ἰάω and variant of Ἄβρασαξ.
Side B: Between a star and a crescent moon, Greek inscription: ηδαυ → unidentified vox.
Side C: Greek inscription, starting at bottom right: δ̣ειιαηωνηδ̣δ̣ηρσηα → unidentified voces.

Ch. A. Faraone (based on close observation of the piece in 2023)
w/ Phoinix-team, 2025

Unpublished.

Commentary
• Ch. A. Faraone 2025. αβρβασα|χ ζση may be a compressed or corrupted version of the common pair αβρασαξ + σισισρω; cf. αβρασα ζσισι ριω on a gem in Munich.

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2025.08.25 23:31:55

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