Amulet / Jasper

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.02.6148
Other Number: Bonner 258
Type of Number: Catalogue Number
Object Name: Amulet
Lot: Ayvaz
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Amulets
Materials: Jasper
Inscribed: yes
Full Artifact Description: Obv.: Ouroboros enclosing pantheos standing to r.; four wings, bird tail, three scepters. Other details indistinct; crude, hasty work. Rev.: Three lines of three letters each. Green jasper. Upright oval, 15 x 11 x 3 (Studies in Magical Amulets, Bonner).
Verbatim Date: 1st - 5th C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Syria
Countermark: no
Publication Title: Studies in Magical Amulets, Chiefly Graeco-Egyptian
Publication Author: Bonner, Cambell
Publication Year: 1950
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.02.6148
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.6148/0000_02_6148

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Full citation: "Amulet; Jasper." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.6148/0000_02_6148. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.