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Gem with Scorpio  

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1018 × 1513 pixels (1.54 MP)

8.6 cm × 12.8 cm @ 300 PPI

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Resource ID

9718

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City/Place

Karur?, Vellalur?

Country/Region

India

Source date

1st-3rd century CE

Dimensions

H. 1.4 cm; W. 1 cm

Categories

disciplines/astrology, disciplines/occult science/talismanic, materials/stone, object types/jewelery/gem (intaglio), themes/asterism(s)/zodiac/Scorpio

Reference

Professor K. Rajan, Pondicherry University

Description

A gemstone or ringstone (cameo) of reddish-orange carnelian. The image on the ringstone is a personification of a scorpion. What appears to be a headdress is actually a body of a scorpion, it’s frontal part not as much distinguishable as the rear where the upraised ‘segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back and always ending with a stinger’ is visible. The legs of the scorpion are represented by two jagged linear extensions behind the head. The curving neck splitting into two sharp ends is representative of the claws or pincers of a scorpion. (Sunil Gupta)

Additional Information

Can be identified as the sign or imagery of the Scorpio zodiac. A similar personified zodiac imagery of the Scorpio appears on a coin of the Roman Emperor Antoninous Pius. (See Resource ID: 5519) (Sunil Gupta)

Bibliography

K. Rajan.  2019.  Trade and Technology in Early Historic South India: the Trans-Oceanic dimension with special reference to Kodumnal (Tamil Nadu), Journal of Indian Ocean Archaeology Number 15, 2019: 1-25

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