1983.23: Engraved Gem with Scorpion
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1983.23
- Title
- Engraved Gem with Scorpion
- Classification
- Gems
- Work Type
- gem
- Date
- 3rd-4th century CE
- Period
- Roman Imperial period
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/289207
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Jasper
- Technique
- Intaglio
- Dimensions
- 1.8 x 1.5 cm (11/16 x 9/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Charles Dikran Kelekian, New York, (by 1982)], by descent; to his daughter Nanette Rodney Kelekian, New York, (1982-1983), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1983.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Nanette B. Rodney
- Accession Year
- 1983
- Object Number
- 1983.23
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Yellow jasper gemstone engraved with a scorpion on one side, surrounded by a beveled edge, and a lizard with an inscription, the palindrom "ABLANAThANALBA" in Greek encircling it on the other. The stone is chipped along the rim on the side with the lizard.
Publication History
- Simone Michel, Die magischen Gemmen: Zu Bildern und Zauberformeln auf geschnittenen Steinen der Antike und Neuzeit, Akademie Verlag (Berlin, Germany, 2004), 264, no. 14.2.
Verification Level
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