IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 124586 accession number: CG 508 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 14 May 2021 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: obverse: The solar deity known as Abrasax, with its body placed frontally and head turned right. The deity has the head of a cock, the body of a Roman soldier dressed in cuirass and tunic, and legs formed from two-upward-curling snakes. In its left hand this monster-the anguipede-holds a round shield and its right a whip. seven stars are distributed throughout the field; two are placed above the anguipede, one to its right and four below on its left side. Surrounding is a legend. Reverse: a standing full-frontal, male figure with the head turned to the left, most probably the youthful Harpocrates. The god is wrapped in a himation: he carries a flail in his left hand and raises his right to his head, which is crowned with an over-large rendering of the opening lotus bud. Separated in the filed are letters which spell the Gnostic magical name. title: Magical amulet LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Antiquities STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/124586 CATEGORIES ------ category: engraved gems DATING ------ creation date: 200 - 400 creation date earliest: 200 creation date latest: 400 culture: 3rd Century-4th Century# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- value: 15 value: 18* CITATIONS -------- Classical Gems, Ancient and Modern Intaglios and Cameos in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant46/CG_20508_1_201404_jas244_dc2.jpg height: 1025 pixels width: 684 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/ant/ant46/mid_CG_20508_1_201404_jas244_dc2.jpg 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