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Chalcedony gem: Anguipes
PP-ID:
PP-4991
Classification:
gem, magical
Collection ID:
DE-Kassel-HKH_Ge 130
Collection:
Kassel, Antikensammlung, Hessen Kassel Heritage
Collection Inventory:
Ge 130
Reference Numbers:
Capello 1702, no. 197; AGD III, no. Kassel 130; Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.1.a_23
Former Collections:
Patin, Charles (Paris, 1633 – Padua, 1693); Capello, Antonio (Venice, 1652–1729); Karl, Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel (Kassel, 1654–1730)
Material:
chalcedony, white to brown/grey
Dimensions:
20.7 × 16.8 × 5.2 mm
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; armour; shield; whip

Milky white chalcedony. Upright oval, side A convex, side B flat. (Shape 6). Intact. Post-antique?

Side A: Frontal view of the cock-headed Anguipes in armour. Right hand raised high and holding a whip, left hand partly hidden behind a small, round shield.
Side B: Plain.

Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 32, no. 197 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, pl. 147F (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Zazoff, AGD III >>, 228, no. 130.

Further resources on PP-4991
• Hessen Kassel Heritage Online
• Antiquitatum Thesaurus

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