This gemstone was found attached to a golden ring. The inscribed scene is that of a giant bird, perhaps a rooster, standing before a cobra snake. The reptile is seen expanding its hood with her tail forming two coils. Awarding such rings formed part of the graduation ceremonies for candidates to practice medicine.
Provenance: Tell ʾumm Ḥōrān (near Nawā).
Substance: bronze.
Weight: 4,510 gm,
Era: Byzantine?
Photo: Marwān Mislmānī.
Collection: National Museum of Damascus.
Bašīr Zuhdī. Ālihat aṭ-Ṭibb wa Mašāhidahā. Annales Archéologiques Arabes Syriennes XXV 1975 (pp. 83-116).
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