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Engraved Gem

Date

2nd–4th century A.D.

Medium

Red and green jasper

Culture

Roman

Department

Jewelry

Institution

Getty Museum

Oval gem engraved on each of its sides. On the obverse is the image of the frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipede in armour, holding a whip in his raised right hand, and a decorated round shield in his left. Below the figure, the formula SOUMARTA ("Protect") is inscribed in a cartouche resembling a tabula ansata (a tablet with dove-tail handles). On the reverse is an inscription in five lines: SOU/MART/AKAR/BASM/ARBA/S.

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