Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Black haematite. Damaged on the surface of side A, mounted in a modern silver pendant. In the collection of N. C. Fabri de Peiresc during the 17th century.
A: Nude Aphrodite anadyomene wringing her hair. On the left: winged Eros. On the right: a bird, probably a dove. In the free field: στεργουσ|ιλαρα|μεμφι → στέργουσα ἱλαρὰ Μεμφίτις 'feeling love, cheerful, Memphite' (interpretation: A. Mastrocinque).
B: Greek inscription in seven lines: ιαωσα|βαωθα|δονηιηκαι|θαλασσακ|αιτουταρτ|αρουσκο|τιν → Ἰάω Σαβαὼθ Ἀδωναῖ καὶ θάλασσαι αἱ τοῦ Ταρτάρου σκότιν (σκότιν for σκοτίαι) 'Ἰάω Σαβαὼθ Ἀδωναῖ and the seas and darknesses of the Netherworld' (interpretation: A. Mastrocinque).
Bibliography
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 250.
Mastrocinque 2014 on CBd-3540