Gem

Amulet

29-128-1434

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-128-1434
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Gnostic
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Basalt
Technique Intaglio
Iconography Ibis | Altar | Inscription
Description

Sommerville: Black Basalt? Abraxas Amulet, inscription on both sides. Abraxas, Case AAAAA.

Vermeule: Black Basalt? Intaglio. (Unmounted) Heart-shaped Amulet. Inscription on both sides. Obv: Ibis with an altar, the latter surmounted by sacrificial implements. Rev: See Sommerville. Symbol of Cherubic below reverse inscription. "Gnostic"

Height 1.8 cm
Width 2.7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 1434 - Sommerville Gem Number

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