Carnelian gem: Letters and characteres within Ouroboros (A) voces (B)

PP-ID:

PP-5031

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

DE_Kassel-HKH_Ge 206

Collection:

Kassel, Antikensammlung, Hessen Kassel Heritage

Collection Inventory:

Ge 206

Reference Numbers:

Capello 1702, no. 129; AGD III, no. Kassel 206; Mastrocinque, SGG I, 421; Michel, DMG, no. 28.4.b_11

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:

13.8 × 10.3 × 4.3 mm

Iconography:

Ouroboros

Divine Names & Voces:

voces, unidentified

Logoi:

αιαναγβα-logos and variants

Dark orange carnelian gem, upright oval, both faces flat, edge rounded. (Shape 8–9c). Intact.

Side A: Ouroboros with head at top to right, enclosing letters and characteres.
Side B: Greek inscription in four lines, some letters in mirror-writing: αιανακα|αμοραχει|σαλαμαξ|βαμαζα → variant of the αιαναγβα-logos.

Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 6, no. 29 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, 369, pl. 165E (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Zazoff, AGD III >>, 251, no. 206.
• SGG I >>, 438, no. 421.
• Michel, DMG >>, no. 28.4.b_11.