Carnelian gem: Letters and characteres (A) Greek inscription (B-C)

PP-ID:

PP-5030

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

DE_Kassel-HKH_Ge 203

Collection:

Kassel, Antikensammlung, Hessen Kassel Heritage

Collection Inventory:

Ge 203

Reference Numbers:

Capello 1702, no. 208; AGD III, no. Kassel 203; Michel, DMG, no. 28.4.b_4

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:

15 × 12.3 × 5 mm

Orange carnelian gem, transverse oval, both faces slightly convex. (Shape 4). Intact.

Side A: Letters and characteres.
Side B: Inscription in two lines: σαλαμαζα|βαμαιαχα.
Side C: Inscription around: αγαναχβααμωραχθι → variant of the αιαναγβα-logos.

Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 34, no. 208 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details). Identical with pl. 5, 26 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, 369, pl. 165D (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Zazoff, AGD III >>, 250, no. 203.
• Michel, DMG >>, no. 28.4.b_4.