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Haematite gem: Reaper (A) <ἰ>σχίων (B)
PP-ID:
PP-783
Classification:
gem, magical
Collection ID:
UK-BM-BEP_G 46, EA 56046
Collection:
London, British Museum
Collection Inventory:
G 46 (EA 56046)
Reference Numbers:
Bonner, SMA D. 116; Michel, BM, no. 425; Michel, DMG, no. 47.1.a_4; CBd, no. 783
Former Collections:
Sloane, Sir Hans (1660–1753)
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
20.3 × 31.18 × 4.65 mm
Date:
4th c. AD (Michel)
Iconography:
reaper; kilt; cap; tree; mantle; sickle; stalks of grain (6)

Haematite gem; transverse oval, both faces flat, edge rounded.  (Shape 8c–9c) Intact.

Side A: Reaper in kilt and cap, bending in profile towards the right and cutting grain with a sickle. There is a tree behind the figure on the left, with his mantle hung on it (Michel: water hose?).
Side B: One line of Greek text: σχιων → <ἰ>σχίων. 'For the hips'.

Selected bibliography
• Bonner, SMA >>, 272, D. 116; click here for the full-text excerpt.
• Michel, BM >>, 265–266, no. 425; click here for the full-text excerpt.
• Michel, DMG >>, no. 47.1.a_4.

Further resources on PP-783
• The British Museum Collection online

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