626, Front: Mithras slaughtering a bull. In the top corners a
radiate head and a woman?s head with crescent (Sol and
Luna); an altar at either side, one with an eagle over it;
a snake, a scorpion, and dog below.
Back: Abraxas, IAΩ on a shield, a whip in his hand.
An unusual combination of the Mithraic and magic.
- Record Number: 40004805
- Sub-database: Marlborough
- Reference Number: 626
- Material of Original Gem: Haematite
- Description: Front: Mithras slaughtering a bull. In the top corners a
radiate head and a woman?s head with crescent (Sol and
Luna); an altar at either side, one with an eagle over it;
a snake, a scorpion, and dog below.
Back: Abraxas, IAΩ on a shield, a whip in his hand.
An unusual combination of the Mithraic and magic.
- Current Collection: Walters Art Museum, Baltimore: 42.868
- Previous Collections:
- Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870): no. 278 and 287
- Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009): no. 626
- Size: 17x14
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