Haematite gem: Characteres and Greek inscription (A) Iulianos (B)

PP-ID:

PP-5032

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

DE_Kassel-HKH_Ge 207

Collection:

Kassel, Antikensammlung, Hessen Kassel Heritage

Collection Inventory:

Ge 207

Reference Numbers:

Capello 1702, no. 23; AGD III, no. Kassel 207

Former Collections:

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

Material:

haematite (black)

Dimensions:

11.6 × 8.7 × 3.1 mm

Divine Names & Voces:

Ἰάω; Γαβριήλ and variants

Haematite gem. Transverse oval, both sides flat and matt. (Shape 8–9). Lower part of side A damaged.

Side A: Characteres up to the middle of the second line, followed by crudely engraved Greek letters: ιαωβ|αβριηλθπωλ|λαβλλβιλαα → voces, including Ἰάω, Γαβριήλ(?).
Side B: Greek inscription in two lines: ιουλια|νοσ → Ἰουλιανός.

Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 5, no. 23 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, 369, pl. 165A (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Zazoff, AGD III >>, 251, no. 207.

Further resources on PP-5032
• Hessen Kassel Heritage Online
• Antiquitatum Thesaurus