Carnelian gem: Greek text, characteres in Ouroboros (A) voces (B)

PP-ID:

PP-5028

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

DE_Kassel-HKH_Ge 200

Collection:

Kassel, Antikensammlung, Hessen Kassel Heritage

Collection Inventory:

Ge 200

Reference Numbers:

Capello 1702, no. 158; AGD III, no. Kassel 200; Michel, DMG, no. 28.2.c_1

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:

14.7 × 10.3 × 2.4 mm

Iconography:

Ouroboros

Logoi:

αιαναγβα-logos and variants

Orange carnelian gem. Transverse oval. Both sides slighly convex. Damage on the top of side B. Well polished.

Side A: Ouroboros enclosing Greek text: οων|εξορκιζωσε| and characteres → ὁ ὤν ἐξορκίζω σε. 'The living one, I conjure you.'
Side B: Greek inscription in four lines: αιαναγβα|αμοραχθι|βαμεαζα|σαλαμαξα → αιαναγβα-logos

Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 26, no. 158 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, 369, pl. 166B (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Zazoff, AGD III >>, 249, no. 200.
• Michel, DMG >>, no. 28.2.c_1.

Further resources on PP-5028
• Hessen Kassel Heritage Online
• Antiquitatum Thesaurus