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Engraved Gem

Date

2nd–3rd century A.D.

Medium

White chalcedony

Culture

Roman

Department

Jewelry

Institution

Getty Museum

Aphrodite Anadyomene standing three-quarter right; she is half-nude, and she holds her hair in her upraised hands; short groundline; inscription to left, reading upward, ΖΕΥϹ [Zeus]; to right, reading upward, ΟΥΡΑΝΡΥ [Ouranrou, "of heaven"]. It is unclear why this gem appeals to "Heavenly Zeus," which is not ordinarily a magical epithet.

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