1983.24: Engraved Gem with Uterine Symbol and Egyptian Deities
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1983.24
- Title
- Engraved Gem with Uterine Symbol and Egyptian Deities
- Classification
- Gems
- Work Type
- gem
- Date
- 3rd-4th century CE
- Period
- Roman Imperial period
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/289208
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Hematite
- Technique
- Intaglio
- Dimensions
- 1.5 x 1.7 cm (9/16 x 11/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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inscription: in the field on the obverse in Greek characters,
IAW
surrounded by the text known as the "soroor-logos": COPOOPMEPΦΡΕΓΑΡΒΑΜΑΦΡΟΥΡΙΓΙΞΑΕ
On the reverse in Greek characters in two lines,
OPWPIYΘ
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inscription: in the field on the obverse in Greek characters,
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
- 1983.24
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Hematite uterine intaglio. On one side is a uterus with a key at its entrance (locking it) and the small figures of Isis, Chnoubis and the mummy of Anubis over it. In the field below the gem the Greek letters "IAW." All within an ouroboros and the magical inscription called the Soroor-Logos. The stone is chipped at both the top and bottom. On the other side in Greek letters is the word "OPWPIYTh" in two lines 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), 335, no. 54.2.d.
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