Magical(?) gem: Sarapis, Greek text
CBd-Number CBd-2407
ID-Number Wu_Ex-Capponi-5
Collection Int_Whereabouts unknown Inventory Ex-Capponi_5
References Ubaldelli 2001, 178 Former
Collections
Capponi, Alessandro
Gregorio (Rome 1683–1746) Material carnelian (?); agate (?) Dimensions 18 x 14 mm
Iconography
modius; clothing: tunic;
Sarapis; object, unidentified;
horns, of ram; trident Divine Names &
Voces Ζεύς; Σάραπις
Credits: from Ubaldelli 2001 Rights:
Bust of Sarapis to right, head crowned with a modius and adorned with ram's horns. Detail of the tunic visible. In front of the bust, a trident, with a snake coiled around it; behind, an unidentified object. Inscription around the edge: εισζευσσεραπισμεγαληητυχητου, below the bust: ονοσ → εἷς Ζεὺς Σάραπις. Μεγάλη ἡ τύχη τοῦ [---]ονος, 'Zeus and Sarapis are one. Great is the fortune of [---].
Bibliography
, 270, No. 178; ibid. 95.
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