amulet(?);
medallion
- Museum number
- EA16593
- Description
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Medallion as amulet (?): a circular medallion in translucent pale-green glass. On obverse, bust of Sarapis in profile facing right, in raised relief. He has the usual luxuriant curly hair with beard and a diadem. On top of his head are two feathers or horns flaring in opposite directions. Behind the bust is a cornucopia. In front of the bust is a branch or sceptre. On the reverse, a bust of Isis also facing right and in profile with a simple diadem. She wears a disc with rudimentary horns. Apparently moulded. The suspension loop was added, rather awkwardly, after moulding.
- Production date
- 1stC-2ndC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 2.27 centimetres
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Thickness: 0.53 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Bibliography:
W. M. F. Petrie, 'Glass Stamps and Weights' (1926) pl. I, nos. 20-23 illustrates comparable types and comments (p. 2) ". . . the disks or tokens, with heads or figures on one or both sides ... It appears, then, that they are tokens, perhaps of admissions to baths or other public places."
The basis for this statement but is unclear but it is doubtful that it is correct.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1869
- Acquisition notes
- The amulet comes from the collection of the Revd. R. T. Lieder the bulk of whose collection was acquired by Lord Amherst in 1861.
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA16593
- Registration number
- 1869,0327.2
