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Intaglio: Serpent-Headed god

Intaglio: Serpent-Headed god

Roman

Red jasper intaglio showing a creature riding a lion. The creature, with the body of a human and seven snake heads, sits facing left, holding a flail in its left hand and a was-scepter in its right. In the field above, there are two crescent moons flanking a star, and in the field at left there are two characters. On the other side is a "voces magicae" Greek inscription followed by characters and surrounded by a beveled edge.

Jasper

Roman Imperial period

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