Gem

29-128-1429

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1429
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman | Gnostic
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Late Antique Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Chalcedony | Gold
Technique Cameo
Iconography Priapus | Inscription
Description

Sommerville: Chalcedony. Cameo ring. A Gnostic adaptation of Amen-Ra's Priapean characteristic to Jupiter Serapis. Abraxas, Case AAAAA.

Vermeule: Chalcedony. Cameo. (Gold ring setting: reset in gilt ring core) Terminal figure of Priapus facing to right. The inscription running about refers to the so-called Gnostic-Trinity "To Thee, Father Zeus, To Hades and to Helios."

Height 2.4 cm
Width 1.8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1429 - Sommerville Gem Number

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