Heliotrope gem: Anguipes, voces (A) voces (B)

PP-ID:

PP-4995

Collection ID:

DE_Kassel_Ge 134

Collection:

Kassel, Antikensammlung, Hessen Kassel Heritage

Collection Inventory:

Ge 134

Reference Numbers:

Capello 1702, no. 20; AGD III, no. 134; Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.1.g_10

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:

14.7 × 11.4 × 4.2 mm

Iconography:

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

Divine Names & Voces:

Ἰάω; Ἀβλαναθαναλβα, palindrome; voces, unidentified

Logoi:

Ἀκραμμαχαμαρεί and variants

Green-red jasper (heliotrope). Side A upright oval, side B transverse oval, side A slightly, side B strongly convex.(Shape 4). Polished.

Side A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour. Right hand holding a whip, left hand hidden behind an oval shield, which is inscribed in two lines: ια|ω → Ἰάω. Around the figure: ακρα μα χρμα ρει → variant of Ἀκραμμαχαμαρεί.
Side B: Characteres (?) and Greek inscription in four lines: ζβα|εθξπψ|αβλαναθ|αναλβα → unidentified voces and the Ἀβλαναθαναλβα-palindrome.

Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 4, no. 20 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, 360, pl. 147E (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Zazoff, AGD III >>, 228–229, no. 134.
• Michel, DMG >>, 3.A.1.g_10.

Further resources on PP-4995
• Hessen Kassel Heritage Online
• Antiquitatum Thesaurus