Carnelian gem: Lion, SLP

PP-ID:

PP-5006

Classification:

gem, astrological

Collection ID:

DE_Kassel-HKH_Ge 156

Collection:

Kassel, Antikensammlung, Hessen Kassel Heritage

Collection Inventory:

Ge 156

Reference Numbers:

Capello 1702, no. 40; AGD III, no. Kassel 156

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:

11.5 × 10 × 4.4 mm

Iconography:

lion; object, unidentified

Divine Names & Voces:

voces, unidentified

Carnelian gem. Transverse oval. Slightly convex on both sides. (Shape 4). Side B is matt, the rest is highly polished. A small piece is broken off on side A. Astrological (?)

Side A: Plain.
Side B: Lion on a baseline, walking to the left, holding a long object (snake? Zazoff: animal entrails) in its mouth. Above the lion, Latin letters in mirror writing: SLP.

Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 8, no. 40 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, 361, pl. 149G (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Zazoff, AGD III >>, 235, no. 156.

Further resources on PP-5006
• Hessen Kassel Heritage Online
• Antiquitatum Thesaurus