| Object Number | 29-128-569 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Gnostic |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Post Classical |
| Date Made | 1500-1799 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Carnelian | Onyx |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Inscription | Snake | Cista |
| Description | Sommerville: Carnelian Onyx. A beautiful Abraxas talisman. A Gnostic gem. Raised inscription "SABAOTE" the name of a god worshipped by the Gnostics of the second century. Abraxas, Gnostic Gems, Etc, Case HH. Vermeule: Sardonyx Carnelian. Cameo. (Modern gold rope pattern) Pendant locket setting. Laureate head facing to right, snake in cista above and a series of Graeco-Roman inscriptions at right and below. 16th or 18th century attempt to imitate a gnostic stone of the III or IVth A.D. |
| Height | 3.3 cm |
| Width | 2.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 569 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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