Bertolami Fine Art - Riversdell Close 27, KT16 9JW Chertsey
Auction 86 - Glyptics and Ancient Jewelry sessione unica
Wednesday 9 December 2020 hours 14:00 (UTC +01:00)
A large roman magical agate intaglio. Isiac divinity and inscriptions.
A large roman magical agate intaglio. Isiac divinity and inscriptions.
1st - 3rd century A.D.
24 x 27 x 4 mm
The isiac divinity is faced to the left, wearing a long dress, holding in her right hand a short curved knife, and in her left an instrument. She wears the atef crown with horns, feathers and disc. Around, inscriptions from right to left :
APAPPABA
θPAXθ
On the reverse, inscriptions in" triangle shape":
AAAAAAA
EEEEEE
HHHHH
IIII
OOO
VV
W
U.K., private collection 70's, in the same family since then.