Carnelian gem: Female figure (A) vox (B)

PP-ID:

PP-5035

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

DE_Kassel-HKH_Ge 52

Collection:

Kassel, Antikensammlung, Hessen Kassel Heritage

Collection Inventory:

Ge 52

Reference Numbers:

Capello 1702, no. 171; AGD III, no. Kassel 52

Former Collections:

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

Material:

carnelian, red to brown

Dimensions:

15 × 11.2 × 3 mm

Iconography:

female figure; peplos; object, unidentified

Divine Names & Voces:

voces, unidentified

Red carnelian gem. Side A upright oval and convex, side B transverse oval and flat. (Shape 6). Minor chipping along the edge. Highly polished.

Side A: Crude engraving of a female figure in a long dress, standing in profile on a baseline, facing right. She lifts the hem of the dress with her right hand; her raised left hand holds an object (Zazoff: flower).
Side B: Greek inscription in two lines: αφανθων|αφρα → unidentified voces.

Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 28, no. 171 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, 376, pl. 173G for side A and 173F for side B (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus and Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Zazoff, AGD III >>, 209, no. 52.

Further resources on PP-5035
• Hessen Kassel Heritage Online