Orange carnelian gem: Youthful deity

PP-ID:

PP-5004

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

DE_Kassel-HKH_Ge 153

Collection:

Kassel, Antikensammlung, Hessen Kassel Heritage

Collection Inventory:

Ge 153

Reference Numbers:

Capello 1702, no. 211; AGD III, no. Kassel 153; Michel, DMG, no. 55.1.a_4

Former Collections:

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

Material:

carnelian, yellow to orange

Dimensions:

16.8 × 13.7 × 4.3 mm

Iconography:

male figure; side-lock of youth; hand raised to mouth

Divine Names & Voces:

voces, unidentified

Orange carnelian gem, upright oval and flat. (Shape 8c). Intact, save for minor abrasions.

Side A: Standing nude figure of a deity represented with the sidelock of youth, hand raised to mouth (Harpocrates?). Greek inscription: μοα αλ ογχχδ → unidentified voces.
Side B: Plain.

Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 35, no. 211 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, 376, pl. 172K (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Zazoff, AGD III >>, 234, no. 153.
• Michel, DMG >>, no. 55.1.a_4.