Chalcedony gem: Chnoubis (A) Chnoubis-sign, Χνουμίς (B)

PP-ID:

PP-5009

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

DE_Kassel-HKH_Ge 169

Collection:

Kassel, Antikensammlung, Hessen Kassel Heritage

Collection Inventory:

Ge 169

Reference Numbers:

Capello 1702, no. 170; AGD III, no. Kassel 169; Michel, DMG, no. 11.10_4

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:

14.6 × 11.3 × 3.9 mm

Iconography:

Chnoubis, lion-headed; Chnoubis-signs (2); Chnoubis-sign?; rays (7)

Divine Names & Voces:

Χνουμίς

Milky white chalcedony gem; side A upright, side B transverse oval, both slightly convex. (Shape 4). Intact.

Side A: Upright, lion-headed Chnoubis with seven rays around the head.
Side B: Cluster of signs resembling the Chnoubis-sign with four vertical strokes and missing the horizontal one; followed by three further characteres or letters. Greek inscription above the signs, some letters upside down (υμ) and in mirror writing (ν): χνουμισ → Χνουμίς.

Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 28, no. 170 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, 361, pl. 151F (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Zazoff, AGD III >>, 239, no. 169.
• Michel, DMG >>, no. 11.10_4.