Harvard Art Museums > 1969.189: Ouroboroi Gemstone Amulet Amulets Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Ouroboroi Gemstone Amulet , 1969.189,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/287378. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1969.189 Title Ouroboroi Gemstone Amulet Classification Amulets Work Type amulet Date 3rd-4th century Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient) Period Roman Imperial period, Late Culture Graeco-Roman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/287378 Physical Descriptions Medium Chalcedony Technique Engraved Dimensions actual: 4.9 x 4 cm (1 15/16 x 1 9/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: two lines in the bottom half of box on the top half of the reverse, in Greek (line and word divisions of the gem cutter), ΓΑΝΟΧΑΛ ΛΑΛΑΧΟC ΑΛΛΑΧΑΡ {Χ}ΑΛΛΑΜΕΝΕΥC fourteen lines on bottom half of reverse beneath the box, in Greek, ΓΑΒΡΙΗΛ ΑΛΛΑΛΑΧΟC ΑΛΛΗΧΑΡ ΑΛΛΙΜΕΝΕΥC ΑΚΡΕΘWΝ ΨΙΚΡΑ ΘΑ ΘΑΛΑΚΡΑ ΑΚΛΑCΑΡ ΜΙΛWΘ CΑWΘ CΑΒΑWΘ ΘWΘ ΚΟΠΙΟΡ ΝΑΥCΟΙΜΗΜΑΨΙΑΧΑCΧΙΑΥΨΗ CΑΠΙΕΥΗΡCΦΑΔ ΚΝΟΥΦΙ ΑΧΗΛ ΓΑΜΑΕΦΝΕWΘ (κτλ.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Edward W. Forbes Accession Year 1969 Object Number 1969.189 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Simone Michel, Die magischen Gemmen: Zu Bildern und Zauberformeln auf geschnittenen Steinen der Antike und Neuzeit, Akademie Verlag (Berlin, Germany, 2004), 288, no. 28.1, pl. 100.1. Christopher A. Faraone, "Notes on Some Greek Magical Gems in New England", Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (2013), Vol. 53, 326-49, pp. 341-49, no. 6. Exhibition History Roman Gallery Installation (long-term), Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/16/1999 - 01/20/2008 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/25/2015 - 01/03/2016 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
