Lot 236 - E-Live Auction 70

A gnostic roman black jasper intaglio. Recto : Anubis standing on his feet, holding a palm branch with the left hand, ... Read more
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610,00 GBP
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Description

A gnostic roman black jasper intaglio.
Recto : Anubis standing on his feet, holding a palm branch with the left hand, and a globe with snake (uraeus) with the right hand; inscriptions.
Verso : Magical inscriptions.
Wear marks. Magical gem.
See A. Mastrocinque, Sylloge Gemmarum Gnosticarum, pp. 188-96; Bonner, Campbell. 1950. Studies in Magical Amulets, Chiefly Graeco-Egyptian, University of Michigan Studies, Humanistic Series, Vol. 49. no. 38, p. 259, pl. 2, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press; Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). 1981. Vol. 1: Aara-Aphlad. "Anubis," p. 866, no. 32, pl. 691, Zürich: Artemis Verlag; Metropolitan Museum Database inv. n. 10.130.1391.

25 x 19 x 4 mm
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