Gem design: Aphrodite anadyomene (A) Greek inscription (B)

PP-ID:

PP-6160

Classification:

amulet design

Collection:

Whereabouts unknown

Collection Inventory:

Capello 110

Reference Numbers:

Capello 1702, no. 110

Former Collections:

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

Material:

lapis lazuli (blue)

Iconography:

Aphrodite anadyomene; mantle

Divine Names & Voces:

αρρωριφρασις and variants

Design for a lapis lazuli gem, side A upright oval, side B transverse oval.

Side A: Aphrodite anadyomene standing to front, wringing her hair. She is clad in a mantle draped around her waist.
Side B: Greek inscription in three lines: αρρω|ριφια|σισ → variant of αρρωριφρασις.

Selected bibliography
• Capello 1702 >>, pl. 18, no. 110 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).
• Montfaucon 1719 >>, vol. 2,2, pl. 161 (see Antiquitatum Thesaurus for details).

✓

Last modified:

2026.10.10 11:55:03

Permalink:

https://phoinixplatform.org/object/6160

Cite this page

Zoom

Image-ID 15334

Credits After Capello 1702, pl. 18, no. 110.

Notes Side B and A of PP-6160