http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1337721/resize%3Aformat%3DfullOval gem with head of Medusa and inscription2nd or 3rd century A.D.JasperRed jasper. Intaglio. The head of Medusa with small wings growing over the forehead; two snakes entwine around them and are interlaced above, with confronted heads (as in some forms of the cadeceus of Hermes). Four other snakes dangled about the face. Inscribed in Greek on the reverse with a binding curse designed to silence an enemy or rival, "Gorgon. Achilles, son of Alius, son of Taurus; Ioulis: if they talk, let them not, I pray, be believed! Chnoubis!"Jewelry / Adornmenthttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/266219/rdf