Heliotrope gem: Lizard (A) Σουριήλ (B)

PP-ID:

PP-5021

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

DE_Kassel-HKH_Ge 192

Collection:

Kassel, Antikensammlung, Hessen Kassel Heritage

Collection Inventory:

Ge 192

Reference Numbers:

Capello 1702, no. 142; AGD III, no. Kassel 192; Michel, DMG, no. 14.1.c_4

Former Collections:

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

Material:

jasper, green and red

Dimensions:

19 × 14.8 × 5×7 mm

Iconography:

lizard; moon, crescent

Divine Names & Voces:

Σουριήλ

Green jasper with red and green inclusions (heliotrope). Transverse oval, edges rounded. (Shape 8c–9c).

Side A: Lizard viewed from above, progressing towards the right, where a crescent is visible, open to the left.
Side B: Greek inscription: σουριηλ → Σουριήλ.

Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 23, no. 142 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, 378, pl. 176E (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Zazoff, AGD III >>, 246, no. 192.
• Michel, DMG >>, no. 14.1.c_4.