CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.

Details

A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN BLOODSTONE INTAGLIO OF CHNOUBIS
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Cut with radiate human-headed snake, K and X in the field; the reverse with three lines of Greek letters, *ME/*EI*A/M*, chipped, in later ring setting
1.8 x 1.6 cm.; 1.6 cm. across inner hoop

Provenance

Montigny collection (lot 559).
W. Talbot Ready collection.
Collection of James Carnegie, Earl of Southesk (1827-1905); acquired Talbot Ready, 1887.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Lady Helena Carnegie (ed.), Catalogue of the collection of antique gems formed by James, Ninth Earl of Southesk, K.T., London, 1908, I, pp. 144-145, no. N9., pl. XV.

Cf. S. Michel, Magische Gemmen, München, 2001, p. 107, no 120 for a similar human-headed Chnoubis.

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