Chalcedony gem: Chnoubis (A) Chnoubis-sign and Greek inscription (B)

PP-ID:

PP-5010

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

DE_Kassel-HKH_Ge 170

Collection:

Kassel, Antikensammlung, Hessen Kassel Heritage

Collection Inventory:

Ge 170

Reference Numbers:

Capello 1702, no. 181; AGD III, no. Kassel 170; Michel, DMG, no. 11.10_3

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:

10.5 × 7.5 × 4.5 mm

Iconography:

Chnoubis, lion-headed; rays (12); Chnoubis-sign

Divine Names & Voces:

Χνουφίς; νααβις βιενουθ and variants

Milky white chalcedony gem, upright oval, both faces convex, lentoid. (Shape 1). Intact.

Side A: Upright, lion-headed Chnoubis with twelve rays around the head.
Side B: In the centre, Chnoubis-sign. Greek inscription around: χνουφισβιινυθν[..]βι → variant of Χνουφίς νααβις βιενουθ.

Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 30, no. 181 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, 361, pl. 152A (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Zazoff, AGD III >>, 239, no. 170.
• Michel, DMG >>, no. 11.10_3.