2012.1.146: Intaglio with Egyptian Symbols
Gems
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2012.1.146
- Title
- Intaglio with Egyptian Symbols
- Classification
- Gems
- Work Type
- gem
- Date
- 2nd-4th Century
- Period
- Roman Imperial period
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/77207
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Hematite
- Technique
- Intaglio
- Dimensions
- 2.7 cm (1 1/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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inscription: in Greek, faintly, on the reverse,
ΘAΔWA
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inscription: in Greek, faintly, on the reverse,
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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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
- 2012.1.146
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Oblong hematite intaglio with shallow carvings. One side bears Egyptian symbols, with a scarab beetle flying over a phoenix. The phoenix has a sun or nimbus behind its head and a star on either side. It stands on a pyre, with a crocodile below and is flanked by rearing serpents. On the other side is an inscription written vertically in Greek letters 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. 43.1 (as Sossidi 8), pl. 76.1.
Verification Level
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