Object Number | 29-128-564 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Roman | Gnostic |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Period | Late Antique Period |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Jasper | Green Jasper |
Technique | Intaglio |
Iconography | Apollo Helios | Snake | Inscription |
Description | Sommerville: Green Jasper. A talisman. Abraxas, Gnostic Gems, Etc, Case HH. Vermeule: Green Jasper. Intaglio. (Unmounted) Helios standing to right, his left hand raised, a whip in right hand. Inscription [in Greek] on obverse and in snake-headed cable border on reverse. Amulet. Gnostic. |
Height | 2.5 cm |
Width | 1.5 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 564 - Sommerville Gem Number |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.