Gem design: Anguipes, Ἰάω

PP-ID:

PP-6151

Classification:

amulet design

Collection:

Whereabouts unknown

Reference Numbers:

Capello 1702, no. 54; Mastrocinque, SGG I, 199

Former Collections:

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

Material:

jasper (colour unspecified)

Iconography:

Anguipes, cock-headed; kilt/pteryges?; whip; shield

Divine Names & Voces:

Ἰάω

Design of an upright oval jasper gem.

Side A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in kilt, head to right. The snake's legs are also cock-headed. Left hand holding a whip, right hand hidden behind a small round shield. Greek inscription below the figure: ιαω → Ἰάω. Mirror image of the gem's design?
Side B: No information.

Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 10, no. 54 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, pl. 146G (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• SGG I >>, 276, no. 199.

Further resources on PP-6151
• Antiquitatum Thesaurus on the missing object

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Credits After Capello 1702, pl. 10, no. 54

Notes Side A of PP-6151