Gem design: αβρασατ (A) lion-headed figure with palm branch and scroll (B)

PP-ID:

PP-6154

Classification:

amulet design

Collection:

Whereabouts unknown

Reference Numbers:

Capello 1702, no. 111; Mastrocinque, SGG I, 195

Former Collections:

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

Material:

jasper (colour unspecified)

Iconography:

lion-headed figure; kilt; palm branch; stars (2)

Divine Names & Voces:

Ἀβρασάξ, variants

Design for an upright oval jasper gem.

Side A: Greek inscription in four lines: α|βρα|σα|τ → variant of Ἀβρασάξ.
Side B: Frontal view of a lion-headed figure in kilt, head in profile to the right. Right hand raised and supporting a large palm branch, small scroll in the left hand. Two eight-pointed stars in the free field to the right.

Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 18, no. 111 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, pl. 150B (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• SGG I >>, 268, no. 195.

Further resources on PP-6154
• Antiquitatum Thesaurus on the missing object

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Credits After Capello 1702, pl. 18, no. 111

Notes Side A and B of PP-6154