Gem design: Heracles and the Nemean lion

PP-ID:

PP-6150

Classification:

amulet design

Collection:

Whereabouts unknown

Reference Numbers:

Capello 1702, no. 47

Former Collections:

Patin, Charles (Paris, 1633 – Padua, 1693); Capello, Antonio (Venice, 1652–1729)

Material:

jasper (colour unspecified)

Iconography:

Heracles wrestling lion; lion; club

Divine Names & Voces:

Ἀδωναΐ, variants; κκκ; voces, unidentified

Design for a jasper gem, both sides upright oval.

Side A: Nude Heracles struggling with the Nemean lion, his club behind him.
Side B: The letters κκκ in the centre, surrounded with the inscription λανχαδωνλι → voces including variant of Ἀδωναΐ.

Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 09, no. 47 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, 366, pl. 161B (see AntiquitatumThesaurus for details).
• SGG I >>, 362, no. 320.

Further resources on PP-6150
• Antiquitatum Thesaurus on the missing object

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Credits After Capello 1702, pl. 9, no. 47.

Notes Side A and B of PP-6150