Gem

29-128-562

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-562
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Gnostic
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Hematite
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Bulls | Snake | Inscription
Description

Sommerville: Hematite. An Abraxas Seal, both sides inscribed; also an inscription around the edge. Abraxas, Gnostic Gems, Etc, Case HH.

Vermeule: Hematite. Intaglio. (Unmounted). Two bulls standing facing each other, a snake rising up from ground between them. Inscribed on obverse and reverse with a Gnostic type inscription to Abraxas. Amulet. Gnostic.

Height 1.2 cm
Width 1 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 562 - Sommerville Gem Number

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