Artist:Egyptian
Medium: Metal
Geograhical Locations:
Dates:2nd–3rd century C.E.
Dimensions: 9/16 x 1 9/16 x 13/16 in. (1.5 x 4 x 2 cm)
Collections:
Accession Number: 77.128.2
Image: CUR.77.128.2_back.jpg,
Catalogue Description: One metal matrix from which so-called Gnostic sealings could be made. The main figure is Abraxas, the anguipede cock in armor. The matrix, itself of a silver colored metal, is set into a bronze colored metal. The main motif of the matrix, in sunken relief, is a representation of the serpent-footed rooster, with a human body- Abraxas. Gnostic symbols surround the representation which is facing to the left. Condition: Both the matrix and the metal into which it is set are oval shaped. The back of the object may have originally contained a decoration in sunken relief as well but the surface is too effaced to make an educated guess about what once was there.