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A FINE ROMAN MAGICAL CITRINE INTAGLIO. SEATED DOUBLE-HEADED BABOON WITH INSCRIPTION.
A FINE ROMAN MAGICAL CITRINE INTAGLIO. SEATED DOUBLE-HEADED BABOON WITH INSCRIPTION.
2nd-3rd century A.D.
11x12x7mm
Showing a seated baboon with also a ram's head. The heads encrowned with the uraeus cobra and the sun. The baboon facing right his holding in his right hand a heart-shaped vase with drops to the ground. Groundline. This intriguing iconography refers to the egyptian divinities Thot as a baboon and Khnoum as a ram, both gods considered in the Ermopolis cosmogony as cretaing gods. On the backside, inscription "ΧΟΜΑCΟΜ". Beautiful conservation and very bright color of the stone.
Provenance: Ex Sangiorgi collection, acquired in the late 19th-early 20th century. This lot is sold under temporary import status.