Talismans - Amulet(?) gem: Sarapis enthroned

Amulet(?) gem: Sarapis enthroned

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CBd-Number:

CBd-4030

ID-Number:

IT_Trieste-MusAnt_G 2736

Collection:

IT_Trieste, Museo d'Antichità J. J. Winckelmann

Inventory:

G 2736

References:

Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Ts 3

Former Collections:

Oblasser, Vittorio Collection

Material:

carnelian, yellow to orange

Dimensions:

14.2 x 11 x 3.5 mm

Iconography:

Sarapis; throne; moon, crescent; calathus; scepter, unspecified; Cerberus?

Description: Upright oval, side A lightly convex. Orange carnelian. Intact.

A: Sarapis enthroned to right, wearing tunic, mantle, and calathos. Right hand supporting a tall scepter, left hand stretched forward towards Cerberus (?). A crescent above his left hand. Inscription behind the throne, in mirror-writing: KAI.
B: Plain.

/Description: Marzia Vidulli – Susanna Moser – CBd/

Bibliography
SGG II, 156, no. Ts 3.

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CBd-4030. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy. Retrieved from: cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/4030 on 19-04-2025.

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Credits Photo: A. Mastrocinque

Notes Side A