Chalcedony gem: Mummiform figure surrounded with symbols

PP-ID:

PP-4999

Classification:

gem, non-specified

Collection ID:

DE_Kassel-HKH_Ge 140

Collection:

Kassel, Antikensammlung, Hessen Kassel Heritage

Collection Inventory:

Ge 140

Reference Numbers:

Capello 1702, no. 228; AGD III, no. Kassel 140

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:

13.8 × 9.8 × 4.7 mm

Iconography:

male figure; arms crossed; pedestal; star; moon, crescent; palm branch; wreath

Yellow chalcedony, upright oval, both faces slightly convex. (Shape 4). Chipped at the lower edge.

Side A: Standing male figure on a pedestal (statue, mummiform figure or herm?), arms crossed in front of the chest, bearded, hair parted in the centre. The figure is surrounded by symbols: an eight-pointed star (top right), a crescent open to the top (top left), a palm branch (bottom right) and a wreath (bottom left).
Side B: Plain.

Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 37, no. 228 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, 376, pl. 174C (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Zazoff, AGD III >>, 230, no. 140.

Further resources on PP-4999
• Hessen Kassel Heritage Online
• Antiquitatum Thesaurus