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Magical gem: Akephalos (A), Greek inscription (B)

Készítés ideje Roman Imperial Period
Tárgytípus gem
Anyag, technika engraved, lapis lazuli
Méret

26.3 × 21.4 × 3.1 mm

Leltári szám 2009.53.A
Gyűjtemény Classical Antiquities
Kiállítva Museum of Fine Arts, Basement Floor, Classical Antiquity, The ancient Mediterranean

A: Headless figure standing on an Ouroboros-cartouche, head of the Ouroboros at bottom, to right. The figure wears a kilt, and holds an was-scepter in his right hand, bent in elbow, left hand lowered beside the body and holding a sa-sign. Nine rearing uraei project from the shoulders. The Ouroboros at the bottom encloses, from left to right: three quadrupeds, two birds(?) or quadrupeds on hindlegs(?) and three snakes. Below them, a recumbent Osiris-mummy, bandaged, head to left, crowned with the solar disk. B: Illegible inscription in three lines. C: Illegible inscription around. The gem is pierced through at the top for suspension.

Prompt gamma activation analysis have shown that the raw material of the gem originates from Afghanistan.

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