Magical(?) gem: Double ram-headed figure
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2235
ID-Number:
IT-Roma-MNR_78781
Collection:
IT_Roma, Museo Nazionale Romano, Medagliere
Inventory:
78781
References:
Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Ro 12
Former Collections:
Castellani Collection
Material:
amethyst (purple)
Dimensions:
15.8 x 12.6 x 5.2 mm
Iconography:
scepter, unspecified; figure, ram-headed; uraei (3)
Upright oval gem, lentoid section, sharp edge. Fragment.
A: Figure with two ram-heads standing to front, three uraeus-snakes on his heads, right hand holding a short sceptre. Inscription below the sceptre: σατρ[...]|κ[...]. In the second line, after the k, the top of the next letter (α, λ or δ) is visible.
B: Plain.
(Description: Chiara Ciampi – CBd. Alterations from A. Mastrocinque in SGG are based on close observation of the gem by Chiara Ciampi and Á. M. Nagy, 2015-2016).
Bibliography
SGG I, 25, fig.3.
SGG II, 134, Ro 12.
A: Figure with two ram-heads standing to front, three uraeus-snakes on his heads, right hand holding a short sceptre. Inscription below the sceptre: σατρ[...]|κ[...]. In the second line, after the k, the top of the next letter (α, λ or δ) is visible.
B: Plain.
(Description: Chiara Ciampi – CBd. Alterations from A. Mastrocinque in SGG are based on close observation of the gem by Chiara Ciampi and Á. M. Nagy, 2015-2016).
Bibliography
SGG I, 25, fig.3.
SGG II, 134, Ro 12.
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CBd-2235. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy.
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