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Gnostic Gem with Scarab   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
Gnostic Gem with Scarab
Description
English: This gem displays an "uroborus," (a serpent which swallows its own tail to create a closed circle) encircling a scarab beetle and a long inscription, which is made up of magical words. The reverse displays a Pataikos standing on crocodiles, flanked by the goddesses Isis and Nephthys. Above the god is a head of Hathor with a winged sun-disk. Gems with magical icons and words were believed to be protective.
Date 1st century
date QS:P571,+050-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
(Roman)
Medium hematite
medium QS:P186,Q103223
Dimensions H: 1 1/16 x W: 9/16 (2.66 x 1.38 x 0.02 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
42.872
Place of creation Egypt
Object history
  • Henry Walters, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance
  • Mrs. Henry Walters Sale, Joseph Brummer, New York, 1942
  • Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase
Exhibition history Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. 1947.
Credit line Museum purchase [formerly part of the Walters Collection], 1942
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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