Lapis lazuli gem: Aphrodite anadyomene (A) αρρωριφρασις (B)

PP-ID:

PP-5017

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

DE_Kassel-HKH_Ge 185

Collection:

Kassel, Antikensammlung, Hessen Kassel Heritage

Collection Inventory:

Ge 185

Reference Numbers:

Capello 1702, no. 223; AGD III, no. Kassel 185; Michel, DMG, no. 4.1.a_8; Mastrocinque, SGG I, 293

Former Collections:

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

Material:

lapis lazuli (blue)

Dimensions:

10.7 × 8.1 × 3 mm

Iconography:

Aphrodite anadyomene; mantle

Divine Names & Voces:

αρρωριφρασις and variants

Lapis lazuli gem; side A upright oval, side B transverse oval, both flat, trapezoid section. (Shape 8–9). Intact.

Side A: Standing figure of Aphrodite wringing her hair, lower body draped in a mantle.
Side B: Greek inscription in two lines: αρωρι|φρασισ → variant of αρρωριφρασις.

Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 36, no. 223 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, 366–367, pl. 161H (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Zazoff, AGD III >>, 244, no. 185.
• SGG I >>, 336, no. 421.
• Michel, DMG >>, no. 37.B.4_1.