Bonner, SMA – PDF, 310.

Rev. Nothing left of inscription but a star below, which probably marked the end.

Haematite. Originally oval; present measurements 38 X 11 X 3.

Obv. Male figure standing to front, head to l., in military dress, kilted tunic and cape fastened on r. shoulder. Nimbus with seven double rays round head. R. hand raised, palm outward, globe with equator and meridian in l. Large star and crescent at lower left, smaller star at right. Round margin, separated from inner design by a line, 0υριηλ Σoυριηλ Γαβριηλ εω.

Rev. Mιχαηλ, with two stars above, two below.

Green jasper. Upright oval, 23 X 19 X 2.

Newell 53

Obv. Groove, probably meant for ouroboros, enclosing at r. a man standing to front, head encircled with nimbus turned to l., face indistinct. Long tunic, and upper garment round chest, an end falling as low as knee on his right side. R. hand raised holding uncertain object (circle with two parallel prongs projecting from upper part of its circumference); l., held lower, grasping a baton or a roll of manuscript. Opposite, long snake erect on its tail, mouth open. Over and behind the man's head, τιυξι; between snake and margin, βoήθι. Star at upper l. over snake's head.

Rev. Above, three lines in non-Greek characters, perhaps a degraded form of a Semitic alphabet; below, divided from the upper text by a line, 0υριηλ Σαβαω βoήθι. At bottom, a sign like the figure 8 lying on its side.

Limonite. Upright oval, 38 Χ 30 Χ 5. Perforated.

Obv. At r., clumsily executed human figure in long garment, nimbus round head, standing to l. and holding an uncertain almond-shaped object towards a large open-mouthed snake opposite, which has on its head an ornament shaped like a triangle standing on its apex. Star behind the snake's head. Small altar(?) with three legs between snake and man, and three flat crescents behind man. Winged globe in exergue. The design is enclosed by a groove with short cross strokes, which is probably meant for the ouroboros.

Rev. Three lines of unknown characters, possibly belonging to a cryptographic alphabet, with horizontal bands between.

Steatite.

Upright oval, 36 X 31 X 5. Perforated.

Obv. Man standing to front, head to l., holding in l. hand a situla, in r. a tall cross, its crossbar set at unequal angles with the upright. The man has a band round his hair, a short upright ornament on his head, and wears a short tunic. There are a few stars and several minute letters round the margin and in the field, mostly illegible; and those that can be read make no sense.

Rev. Iαω Σαβαω αβρασα.

Serpentine. Upright oval, 24 X 20 X 5.

Small leaden phylactery, with two suspension loops.

Obv. Σαβαω, retrograde (see p. 226).

Rev. Ρεφαηλ, retrograde.

Lead. Rectangular, 23 X 7 (13 with loops) X 2.

Obv. Center, Abraham, beardless, standing to front, head to l., knife held upright in r. hand, which is held across the body. At his l., Isaac walking towards altar (on higher level) of peculiar form — rectangular block with upward-curving horns supported by a round column which rests on a larger base. Abraham is looking back to the ram, which stands under a small bent tree. The hand of God, pointing downward, is seen over the tree. Large star over altar.

Rev. Four lines, the first abraded and indistinct, of writing in a Semitic alphabet; several scholars to whom the

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