all stone and glass amulets gem, astrological gem, magical gem, non-specified gem, scarab gem, votive Late Antique stone amulet Mithraic amulet prism

all jewellery medallion necklace pendant ring

amulet design further object groups seal matrix

Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum

Paris, BnF, Médailles et Antiques Paris, Petit Palais

Augsburg, Römisches Museum Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Antikensammlung Bonn, M. R. Collection Hamburg, Skoluda Collection Kassel, Antikensammlung, Hessen Kassel Heritage München, Staatliche Münzsammlung

Lamia, Archaeological Museum

Private collections Shick Family Collection (Europe – Israel)

Milano, Civico Museo Archeologico di Milano Milano, Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Lombardia

Avenches, Musée romain Fribourg, Musée BIBLE+ORIENT

Bishop's Stortford Museum Chichester, Cathedral Treasury London, British Museum London, Victoria and Albert Museum Oxfordshire Museums Service

Baltimore, Walters Art Museum Malibu, The J. Paul Getty Museum New York, American Numismatic Society New York, Brooklyn Museum New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Greek and Roman Art New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Medieval Art

Whereabouts unknown

Arundell Collection Barozzi, Lenore (Chicago) Beckenbauer, Egon (Munich) Blanchet, Jules-Adrien (1866–1957) Borgia, Stefano (Velletri 1731 – Lyon 1804) Capello, Antonio (Venice, 1652–1729) Castellani Collection Causey, Willard B. (Santa Ana, California) Chester, Greville John (1830–1892) de Clercq, Louis (1836–1901) Delatte, Armand (1886–1964) Dressel, Heinrich (1845–1920) Dutuit, Auguste (1812–1902) and Eugène (1807–1886), Paris Eastwood, George (1819–1866) Fels Collection (Korfu) Franks, Sir Augustus Wollaston (1826–1897) Frederick the Great, king of Prussia (1712–1786) Froehner, Wilhelm (1834–1925) Gans Collection Gedney Beatty, William (1869–1941) Goorle, Abraham van (Abraham Gorlaeus, Anversa ca. 1549 – Delft 1608) Hay, Robert James (1799–1863) Henry Walters (1848–1931) Hess, Adolph (Lucerne) Hirsch, Jacob (Lucerne) Hubert-Feldkirch, Coll. Johnston, John Taylor (1820–1893) Kagan, Jonathan H. (New York) Kalebdjian, Hagob and Garbis (Paris) Karl, Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel (Kassel, 1654–1730) King, Rev. Charles William (1818–1888) Lausanne, Musée Romain Le Cointe, Thomas Levade, Dr. L. Mariaud de Serres, Jean-Philippe (1944–2007) Mertens-Schaaffhausen, Sibylle (Köln, 1797 – Rome, 1857) Mezzacappa, Damon (1936–2015, New York) Miller Gould Shepard, Helen (1868–1938) Moschettini, Girolamo de' (1755–1832) Newell, Edward T. (1886–1941) Pagius, Thomas Palmer Draper, Mary Anna (New York, 1839–1914) Patin, Charles (Paris, 1633 – Padua, 1693) Pignoria, Lorenzo (Laurentius Pignorius, Padova 1571–1631) Praun, Paulus II. (1548-1616) Rhoussopoulos, Athanasios (Athens) 1823–1898 Riti, Giovanni Michele (Io. Michaelis Riti) Saumaise, Claude (Claudius Salmasius, 1588–1653) Schinkel, Johan (Johannes Schinkelius) Schlumberger, Gustave (1844–1929) Schmidt von Rossau, Frédéric-Samuel (1737–1796) Seletti, Emilio (Milano, 1830–1914) Seyrig, Henry (1895–1973) Sloane, Sir Hans (1660–1753) Southesk, James Carnegie, Earl of (1827–1905) Stefanoni, Pietro (Petrus Stephanonius, 1557–1642) Steiglehner, Coelestin (1738–1819) Stosch, Philipp von (1691–1757) Stützel Collection (München) Towneley, Edward Peregrine (1762–1846) Ungar, Stanley (Valley Stream, New York)

V. L. Collection

Art market (Bertolami Fine Arts, London) Art market (Bertolami Fine Arts, Roma) Art market (Drouot, Paris) Art market (Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, München) Art market (Gorny & Mosch, München) Art market (Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel)

agate (all colours) agate (colour unspecified) agate, blue agate, brown and white agate, green to grey agate, red to brown agate, white amethyst (purple) aquamarine (blue) basalt (?) bloodstone bronze carnelian (all colours) carnelian (colour unspecified) carnelian, red to brown carnelian, yellow to orange chalcedony (all colours) chalcedony (colour unspecified) chalcedony, blue to black chalcedony, green to blue chalcedony, white to brown/grey chrysoprase (green) chrysothrix garnet (red) glass (all colours) glass, brown glass, red gold haematite (black) heliotrope jasper (?) jasper (all colours) jasper (colour unspecified) jasper agate jasper, green and red jasper, green to black jasper, red jasper, yellow lapis lazuli (blue) lead magnetite (black) metal moss agate (white and green) nicolo (blue and black) onyx (banded) onyx, yellow to gray plasma (green) prase (?) prase (green) quartz (all colours) quartz, rutilated rock crystal sapphire sard (brown) sardonyx schist serpentine (?) serpentine (green to black) serpentinite (green) silver steatite (?) steatite (all colours) steatite (colour unspecified) steatite, green to black stone, brown to black stone, unspecified

Egypt Saqqarah

Augsburg

Kamiros, Rhodos Paralia Pelasgias (Pelasgia Beach), Agios Konstantinos

Jerusalem

Aquileia Florence Rome, Capitoline Hill Rome, Piazza della Consolazione Volterra

Beirut

Cyrene

Avenches

Carthage

Smyrna Termessos (Lykia) Turkey

Bratton Seymour, Somerset Broadland, Norfolk Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Cherwell, Oxfordshire Chichester Doncaster, Yorkshire Hereford, Herefordshire Isle of Wight Lewes, East Sussex North Warwickshire, Warwickshire Swanley, Kent Thetford Thorley, Hertfordshire Wargrave, Bershire

heron laurel

all birds bird with human head bird, unspecified birds (2) birds, unspecified cock dove doves (2) eagle eagle? falcon falcons (2) hawk ibis ibis, tied to altar raven swallow swallows (2)

baboon boar bull bull, head of cynocephalus deer deers (2) dog donkey goat, head of hippocampus horse horses (2) lion lion, head of lions (2) lizard quadruped, unspecified quadrupeds, unspecified (2) ram ram, head of ram, horns of rams (2) sow sphinx stag stags (2)

ant bee bees (2) crab crab? crocodile crocodile, tail of fish fish (2) insect scarab scarab, with outstreched wings scorpion scorpion? scorpions (2) snake snake, double-headed snake, human-headed snake, lion-headed snake? snakes (2)

bird, tail of ear (independent motif) eye (independent motif) eye, evil feet, hoofed feet, in the shape of jackal's heads hand hand, of God hands, severed head (independent motif) heads (2, indepenent motif) polypathes ophthalmos side-lock of youth tail, with snake-head tufts on the knees (animal protomes) uterus (all shapes) uterus, in the form of a cupping vessel uterus, octopus-like uterus? womb

moon (all types) moon, crescent moon, crescent? moon, full moons, crescent (2) primeval mound primeval mound? rays rays (10) rays (11) rays (12) rays (13) rays (14) rays (3) rays (4) rays (5) rays (6) rays (7) rays (8) rays (9) rays, double rays? solar disk solar disk? star star? stars stars (12) stars (2) stars (3) stars (4) stars (6) stars (7) zodiac cycle-01, Aries zodiac cycle-02, Taurus zodiac cycle-03, Gemini zodiac cycle-04, Cancer zodiac cycle-05, Leo zodiac cycle-06, Virgo zodiac cycle-07, Libra zodiac cycle-08, Scorpio zodiac cycle-09, Sagittarius zodiac cycle-10, Capricorn zodiac cycle-11, Aquarius zodiac cycle-12, Pisces zodiac signs (all)

Abraham Anguipes (all Anguipes-figures) Anguipes, cock-headed Anguipes, human-headed Anguipes, lion-headed Anubis Anubis as mummy Aphrodite Aphrodite (all Aphrodite-figures) Aphrodite anadyomene Apollo Apollo? Ares Ares, Mars ultor-type Artemis (all Artemis-figures) Artemis of Ephesus Athena Bes, mask Cautes Cautopates Cerberus Chnoubis (all Chnoubis-figures) Chnoubis, human-headed Chnoubis, lion-headed Chnoubis, lion-headed? Chnoubis, snake-headed Chnoubis-sign Chnoubis-sign? Chnoubis-signs (2) Cybele Daniel Danubian rider Danubian riders (2) Demeter dragon, Babylonian Eros Eros and Psyche Eros bound Graces (3) griffin Harpocrates Hecate Helios Heracles Heracles wrestling lion Hermanubis Hermes Horus Infant Christ Isaac Isis Isis lactans Isis Pelagia Isis-Tyche Isis? Jesus Christ Jesus Christ? Kabeiros Kronos Lilith Magna Mater Mithras Nemesis Nephthys Nike Omphale Osiris Osiris hydreios Ouroboros Ouroboros, double-headed Ouroboros, lion-headed Pan Pantheos Pegasus phoenix Psyche Sarapis Saturnus Selene Seth solar child seated with knees drawn up solar child seated with legs extended solar child seated with one leg bent in knee solar child sitting on lotus flower Solomon Thoth uraei (2) uraeus uraeus? Zeus

akephalos angel angels (2) bird-headed figure bird-tailed figure cock-headed figure cock-headed figure? cow-headed figure cynocephalus figure donkey-headed figure donkey-headed figure eagle-headed figure female figure female figure, pregnant female figures (2) figure with indistinct animal head figure, with multiple arms figure, with multiple breasts figure, with multiple heads figure, with scarab body figure, wrapped in snake figures, male (2) figures, unidentified (2) figures, winged (2) fish-tailed figure goat-legged figure headless figure horned figure horse-headed figure ibis-headed figure jackal-headed figure lion-headed figure male figure mummy mummy? muse polymorphic deity reaper rider rider spearing the evil rider, holy riders (2) satyr snake-legged figure solar child trimorph figure unidentified figure winged figure

Akedah scene arms crossed arms outstretched arms tied capite velato childbirth scene dancing posture? defensive gesture fire-breathing greeting gesture hand raised to mouth ithyphallic posture kneeling posture lying posture orant / greeting gesture protective gesture

akhet sign all hieroglyphic signs ankh sign ankh sign? cartouche name hieroglyph (Isis) name hieroglyph (Nephthys) sa sign

all plants branch branches lotus buds lotus buds (2) lotus flower palm branch palm branches (2) pine cone stalk of grain stalks of grain stalks of grain (2) stalks of grain (3) stalks of grain (6) stalks of plant stalks of plant (2) stalks of plant (3) stalks of plant (6) tree tree?

altar altar? cave column columns (2) naiskos pillar temple

bandage cap cap, Phrygian chiton chlamys clothing (all types) clothing, unspecified headband headcloth himation kilt kilt/pteryges? mantle mantle? mummy wrappings peplos shoes (all types) shoes, unspecified shoes: boots tunic unspecified long dress usekh collar veil

all crowns atef crown calathus crown, unspecified double crown (of Egypt) double crown (of Egypt)? double feathers crown headdress Isis crown Isis crown? lotus crown lotus crown? modii (3) modius polos wig wreath

pennon sceptre, cross-ended

all jewellery bracelet necklace

all scepters caduceus Christogram cornucopia cross double cross globus kerykeion nimbus pentagram scepter with animal's head on the top scepter, unspecified scepters (2) scepters (3) staff thunderbolt thunderbolt? trident tropaion was scepter was scepters (3)

anchor animal protomes animal protomes (3-3) animal protomes (4-4) balance base bier boat boat, papyrus bread bust busts (2) chariot cord flail flails (2) hammer herm jet water key (3-bitted) key (6-bitted) key (7-bitted) key (all types) key, unspecified key? kline mask money bag object, unidentified objects, unidentified pan flute pedestal quadriga ribbon rudder sail scroll scroll? sickle sistrum stool tabula tabula ansata throne torch torch, burning torch, inverted torches (2) torches (6) tripus water hose water hose? wheel whip whip? whips (2)

all vessels amphora cup krater patera rhyton situla situla? vessel, unspecified vessels, unspecified vessels, unspecified (2)

all weapons armour armour? arrow arrows (2) club club? dagger daggers (2) harpe helmet knife lagobolon mace pedum shield shield with Ἰάω shield, inscribed spear spear, cross-ended spear? spears (2) sword sword?

felix lumen navigo restituo victoria ἄγγελος ἅγιος αἰώνιος Ἀλεξάνδρα Ἀλέξανδρος ἀληθινός Ἀμμώνιος ἀμήν ἄναξ ἄνεμος ἀνάγκη ἀστράπτω βίος βοηθέω βοήθεια βροντάω γῆ γνόφος δεσπότης διαφυλάσσω δίδωμι δικαίως διώκω ἐγώ εἰμί εἷς Ἐλπιδία ἐλπίς ἐμός ἐν ἐνιδρύω ἐνουράνιος ἐξορκίζω ἐπήκοος Ἐπίκτητος ἐπικόπτω ἐπινικάω? Εὐήμερος Ἡλιοκλῆς ἡμέρα Θεονόη θεός θεραπεύω ἵλεως Ἰουλιανός Ἰσιάς ἰσχίον κακός κανθός κατοικία κατοικέω καί κληρόω κλύω κρυπτός Κυρίλλα κύριος λεοντόμορφος Λεοντόπολις λέγω λέων Μαρία μεγαλόδοξος μέγας Μελπομένη μισέω νικάω νίκη Ξύστος  ὁ, ἡ, τό ὄνομα ὄρκιζω ὁτι οὔλω οὐρανίη οὐρανός πᾶς πέπτω πηρός πλήρης πῦρ πίνω Σευήρος σηκός στόμα στόμαχος σύ σφραγίς ταχυεργός τρεῖς ὑγίεια ὕψιστος φέρω φεύγω φορέω Φροντίνη φυλάσσω φύσις χάρις χαρίζω ψυχή ⲫλόξ

sign, unidentified vocales vocales, in pterygoma form vocales, triads of vocales, αεηιουω voces, unidentified Ἀβλαναθαναλβα, palindrome Ἀβλαναθαναλβα, variants Ἀβραάμ αβραμμαωθ and variants Ἀβραξάς Ἀβρασάξ Ἀβρασάξ / Ἀβραξάς (all variants) Ἀβρασάξ, variants Ἀβραήλ and variants Ἀδωναΐ Ἀδωναΐ, variants Ἀκραμμαχαμαρεί and variants Ἀραάφ αρβαθ and variants Αρμιως αρρωριφρασις and variants Α–Ω Βαϊνχωωωχ Βαϊνχωωωχ, variants βακαξιχυχ and variants βαλβανηχ βαρχαι and variants Βαράχ βολβαχ and variants Γαβριήλ and variants δαρυγκω δαρυγκω, variants Ἐρεσχιγάλ Ζεύς Ἣλιος ηνναμαρω and variants θαρουχον(ν)ω and variants θωβαρραβωθ, variants Ἰακώβ Ἰησοῦς Ἰσαάκ Ἶσις Ἰάω Ἰάω, variants καρβασμαρβας κενγευ κεντευ κηριδευ κκκ κολοκερ κολοφοσειρ and variants κομβοβα and variants κοντευ λαεν(ν)ουρα λυκυνξ and variants Μιχαήλ and variants Μιως and variants Μουι Μουι Σρω μουλαθι Μίθρας νααβις βιενουθ and variants νεβουτο σουαλήθ νιχαρωπληξ and variants νυχευα and variants Νέμεσις οκεραταγας and variants ορωριουθ ορωριουθ, variants Οὐριήλ Ουσιρμιως Ῥαφαήλ and variants Σαβαώθ Σαβαώθ, variants Σάραπις σεμεσειλαμ and variants σημέα and variants Σιμιεφε Σολομών σουθις and variants σουμαρτα and variants Σουριήλ Σρω Φνουτο Φρῆ and variants Χνουβίς Χνουβίς? Χνουμίς Χνουμίς? Χνουφίς Χριστός Χριστός, variants Ὠριήλ

αιαναγβα-logos and variants ακτιωφι-logos ζεθ αφοβε-logos and variants Ἰαεω‑palindrome ιαρβαθα-logos σισισρω-logos σοροορ-logos χαβραχ-logos

against diseases of the eye against diseases of the eye? against sciatica against sciatica? digestive digestive? general protection general protection? gynecological love amulet love amulet? maternal and infant protection nautical protection personalised amulet

mirror image

French inscription Greek inscription Greek text Greek text? Greek with Egyptian elements hieroglyphs illegible inscription Latin inscription Latin letters Latin letters? Latin text pseudo inscription pseudo-Greek

gem, ancient gem, mediaeval gem, post-antique gem, post-antique? gem, reused in post-antique times mount mount, ancient mount, mediaeval mount, post-antique Side A: hidden Side A: plain Side B: hidden Side B: plain Side C: decorated

broken reworked reworked in antiquity reworked in post-antique times

gem, astrological gem, magical

alleged provenience context: settlement context: sporadic find context: tomb context: treasure known findspot known site place of purchase

abbreviation anagramma ligature mirror writing mirror writing? palindrome pterygoma retrograde writing retrograde writing? spiral

acclamation characteres names: angels names: personal prayer psalm votive

"Biblical" motif