Brown glass gem: Aries with rudder and caduceus

PP-ID:

PP-5574

Classification:

gem, astrological

Collection ID:

DE-Berlin-Ant_FG 5599

Collection:

Collection Inventory:

FG5599

Reference Numbers:

Spadini 2026, no. 31

Material:

glass, brown

Date:

1st c. BC – 1st c. AD

Iconography:

Brown glass gem with white band, set in a ring.

Side A: Ram leaping to the left, head turned backwards to right. Behind the animal, a caduceus, under his body, a rudder.
Side B: Hidden.

Selected bibliography
• Furtwängler 1896 >>, 211, no 5599, pl. 39.
• Spadini 2026 >>, 152, no. 31, pl. ii.

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2026.07.04 10:14:33

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Credits Photo: Johannes Laurentius

Notes Side A of PP-5574