Provenance
- 1983
Damon Mezzacappa and Jonathan H. Kagan (New York, New York), donated to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1983.
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Currently on view at: Getty Villa, Gallery 216, Roman Treasury
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Object Details
Title:
Magical Gem
Artist/Maker:
Unknown
Culture:
Roman
Date:
A.D. 100–250
Medium:
Hematite
Object Number:
83.AN.437.59
Dimensions:
2 × 1.5 × 0.2 cm (13/16 × 9/16 × 1/16 in.)
Credit Line:
Gift of Damon Mezzacappa and Jonathan H. Kagan
Object Description
A: Inscription in two lines, "oror/iouth". B: Ouroboros enclosing diva Matrix with key of 7 teeth; Chnoubis serpent with seven rays, on either side Isis and Nephthys.
Provenance
Bibliography
Bibliography
Michel, Simone. Die Magischen Gemmen. Zu Bildern und Zauberformeln auf geschnittenen Steinen der Antike und Neuzeit. (Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2004), p. 335, 54.2.b (GET 50), pl. 70, 3.
Dasen, Véronique. "Healing Images. Gems and Medicine." Oxford Journal of Archaeology 33 (May 2014), pp. 180, 182, fig. 2.