Provenance
- 1983
Damon Mezzacappa and Jonathan H. Kagan (New York, New York), donated to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1983.
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Magical Gem
Unknown
Roman
A.D. 100–250
Hematite
83.AN.437.59
2 × 1.5 × 0.2 cm (13/16 × 9/16 × 1/16 in.)
Gift of Damon Mezzacappa and Jonathan H. Kagan
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.
Damon Mezzacappa and Jonathan H. Kagan (New York, New York), donated to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1983.
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.