| Object Number |
29-128-2136 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Culture |
Gnostic | Roman |
| Provenience |
Mediterranean |
| Period |
Late Antique Period |
| Date Made |
50 BCE-400 CE |
| Section |
Mediterranean |
| Materials |
Red Jasper | Gold |
| Technique |
Intaglio |
| Iconography |
Jupiter Serapis | Cerberus | Aeternitas | Symbols |
| Description |
This Gnostic gem depicts the Graceo-Egyptian god Serapis enthroned and attended by Demeter. Reverse: Pseudo-Egyptian hieroglyphs, magic symbols and abbreviations. |
| Height |
2.5 cm |
| Width |
2.1 cm |
| Credit Line |
Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number |
2136 - Sommerville Gem Number | 1709 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Freeman, Michael, and Frame, Grant, and Ousterhout, Robert G. 2016. Magic in the Ancient World.. Philadelphia. pg. 32 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 5 |
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| [Book] Vermeule, Cornelius C. 1956. The Sommerville Gem Collection of the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: no. 310 |
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| [Book] Sommerville, Maxwell. 1889. Manual Descriptive of a Collection of Talismans Engraved on Stones and Metals of Various Countries and Epochs, Illustrative of What Man has Worn for his Protection from Accident and Disease; Also, Ancient Gems, Babylonian Cylinders, Persian Seals, etc.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania, Department of Archaeology and Paleontology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 29, fig. 1709 |
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