Steatite prism: Figures, snake, Ἰάω

PP-ID:

PP-951

Classification:

prism; pendant

Collection ID:

UK-BM-BEP_1868,2-10,3

Collection:

London, British Museum

Collection Inventory:

1868,2-10,3

Reference Numbers:

Michel, BM, no. 592; Michel, DMG, no. 2.5.b_7; CBd, no. 951

Material:

steatite, green to black

Dimensions:

19 × 12.5 × 9 mm

Date:

5th–6th c. AD? (Michel)

Iconography:

figure with indistinct animal head; snake; female figure; modius

Divine Names & Voces:

Ἰάω

Provenience:

Kamiros, Rhodos

Rectangular steatite pendant. Pierced lengthwise. Side D is damaged.
Found by Sir Alfred Biliotti in Kamiros, Rhodos.

Side A: Animal-headed figure walking left, raising the left hand, torso shown frontally, the rest of the body in profile.
Side B: Snake crawling upwards, facing right.
Side C: Roughly engraved figure with raised arms; modius on head. (On parallel pieces, it is a female figure in a long dress with a modius.)
Side D: ιαω → Ἰάω.

Selected bibliography
• Michel, BM >>, 342, no. 592.; click here for the full-text excerpt.

Further resources on PP-951
• The British Museum Collection online

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2025.10.22 15:56:48

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