Harvard Art Museums > 2012.1.144: Intaglio: Serpent-Headed god Gems Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Intaglio: Serpent-Headed god , 2012.1.144,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/77226. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2012.1.144 Title Intaglio: Serpent-Headed god Classification Gems Work Type gem Date 2nd-4th Century Period Roman Imperial period Culture Roman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/77226 Physical Descriptions Medium Jasper Technique Intaglio Dimensions 2.1 cm (13/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: in five lines using Greek characters, BAIN/XWWWX / ABPAC / AΞ KKK / XM Provenance Recorded Ownership History Eleftherios Sossidi, Hamburg, (between 1955-65 - 1990's), sold; [through Sotheby's sale 7742, New York, December 7, 2001, lot 314]; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (2001-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012. Note: E. Sossidi (1913-1992) worked in Cairo from 1958-1968. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University Accession Year 2012 Object Number 2012.1.144 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Red jasper intaglio showing a creature riding a lion. The creature, with the body of a human and seven snake heads, sits facing left, holding a flail in its left hand and a was-scepter in its right. In the field above, there are two crescent moons flanking a star, and in the field at left there are two characters. On the other side is a "voces magicae" Greek inscription followed by characters and surrounded by a beveled edge. Publication History Simone Michel, Die magischen Gemmen: Zu Bildern und Zauberformeln auf geschnittenen Steinen der Antike und Neuzeit, Akademie Verlag (Berlin, Germany, 2004), 322, no. 42.4.a (as Sossidi 10), pl. 59.2. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
