Gem design: Ouroboros enclosing inscription

PP-ID:

PP-6157

Classification:

amulet design

Collection:

Whereabouts unknown

Reference Numbers:

Capello 1702, no. 150

Former Collections:

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

Material:

agate (colour unspecified)

Iconography:

Ouroboros

Divine Names & Voces:

αρβαθ and variants; Ἰάω

Design for a transverse oval agate gem.

Side A: Ouroboros with head at top to right, enclosing an inscription in five lines: βωχχωνι|αωιαρβαοαγ|ρδμνηφιβ|λοχνημ|ε, three characteres → voces including Ἰάω? variant of αρβαθ.
Side B: No information.

Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 24, no. 150 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).

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Credits After Capello 1702, pl. 21, no. 150.

Notes Side A of PP-6157