Pendant
Gem
29-128-2140
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-128-2140 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Gnostic |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Chalcedony | Gold |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Man | Snake | Inscription |
Description | Bluish Chalcedony. (Ancient gold pendant setting, with two entwined gold snakes). Figure of a man divided schematically with inscriptions on various parts of body. Reverse: Inscriptions and magic symbols, one of the former is a snake-like cartouche. |
Height | 2.5 cm |
Width | 2.1 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 2140 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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