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Engraved Gem with Chnoubis

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Date: A.D. 100–250
Medium: Green chalcedony
Culture: Roman
Department: Jewelry
Institution: Getty Museum

Oval stone engraved on each of its sides. On the obverse is the image of a lion-headed Chnoubis serpent, crowned by twelve rays. Horizontal inscriptions flank each side of the figure: XNOY __ MIS (Chnoumis, a variant for Chnoubis). On the reverse is a Chnoubis-sign (three parallel crooked lines with a crossbar running through them).

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