Heliotrope gem: Anguipes

PP-ID:

PP-4994

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

DE_Kassel-HKH_Ge 133

Collection:

Kassel, Antikensammlung, Hessen Kassel Heritage

Collection Inventory:

Ge 133

Reference Numbers:

Capello 1702, no. 227; AGD III, no. Kassel 133; Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.2.a_2

Former Collections:

Patin, Charles (Paris, 1633 – Padua, 1693); Capello, Antonio (Venice, 1652–1729); Karl, Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel (Kassel, 1654–1730)

Material:

jasper, green and red

Dimensions:

13 × 10 × 2.5 mm

Iconography:

Anguipes, cock-headed; armour; shield with Ἰάω; whip

Divine Names & Voces:

Ἰάω

Green-red jasper (heliotrope). Upright oval, side A very lightly convex, side B flat. (Shape 6). Edge bevelled towards the back. Polished.

Side A: Frontal view of the cock-headed Anguipes in armour. Right hand holding a spear, left hand is hidden behind an oval shield, which is inscribed vertically: ιαω → Ἰάω.
Side B: Plain.

Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 37, no. 227 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, 360, pl. 147H (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Zazoff, AGD III >>, 228, no. 133.
• Michel, DMG >>, no. 3.A.2.a_2.

Further resources on PP-4994
• Hessen Kassel Heritage Online
• Antiquitatum Thesaurus