Schwartz–Schwartz 1979, 37.

37. ANS/ETN (Bonner 263 /CBd-1440/)

a: At r., figure with head and neck of snake, wearing military kilt and boots, holding whip and tall scepter; at l., another figure, apparently similar (the stone is badly chipped). Between, worshipper l. lifting hand to lips in gesture of proskynesis. To l. and r. of worshipper, eight-pointed star. Between l. figure and worshipper, ; between right figure and worshipper, .

b: Six-line inscription, the top and bottom lines effaced.

^x IIOỴWY Λ-/ = TKOMXIẠỌ/ .ΓΔMXII / ΔΠPOV

Bevels: 

Haematite.

Goodenough 1178. Compare Delatte and Derchain 161, BM G494 /CBd-832/.

The meaning of this scene is uncertain. The central figure is engraved in the same style as the god on the crocodile in no. 35 /CBd-1781/, and is similarly attired, Snake-headed deities appear frequently in representations of the underworld⁷² They are identified only as anonymous divinities of the nether world. On this gem these two creatures wear Roman military kilt and boots, and can be thought of as snake-headed homopedes.

⁷² Budge, vol. 1, chap. 5, espec. pp. 204-62; Piankoff and Rambova, nos. 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 20, 24, 26.