Talismans - Magical gem: Anguipes (A) Chnoubis with triads of animals (B)

Magical gem: Anguipes (A) Chnoubis with triads of animals (B)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-1005

ID-Number:

GB-BM-MMEu_G 550, WAA 108810

Collection:

GB_London, The British Museum

Inventory:

G 550 (WAA 108810)

References:

Bonner 1951, no. 68; Michel, BM, no. 646; Michel, DMG, no. 11.8_4

Former Collections:

Lynch, H. B. F.

Material:

bronze

Dimensions:

41 x 30 x 11 mm

Dating:

18th c. AD (Michel)

Iconography:

Anguipes, cock-headed; rays (4); star; Chnoubis, with unspecified head; whip; snakes (3); weapon: shield; scarabs (3); animal: quadrupeds, unspecified (3); animal: crocodiles (3); weapon: armour; bird: falcons (3)

Divine Names & Voces:

voces, unidentified; vocales

A: Cock-headed Anguipes, head to left, in armour, holding a round shield in his right hand, and whip in his left hand. Inscription scattered in the free field: ιρβαμ|λυηηιιηινλο|ουξευο|αιιυιιμιιυ → voces including vocales. Around the edge: imitation of writing, beginning at top right: [- -]να*ιδαψ[- -]αο[- -]υαυ[- -]λαηαι → unidentified voces.
B: Chnoubis-snake with four rays on the head, surrounded by animals. At the top: three scarabs, on the right: three rams and three crocodiles, on the left: three birds (falcons?) and three snakes, above the rams an eight-pointed star.
The gem belongs to the Anguipes-Chnoubis group (for a list of items in this group, see Michel, BM on CBd-1005). See also CBd-3.

Bibliography
Bonner 1951 on CBd-1005
Michel, BM on CBd-1005
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=61691&partid=1&searchText=108810&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx&currentPage=1" target="_blank">The British Museum Collection database on CBd-1005

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CBd-1005. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy. Retrieved from: cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/1005 on 23-02-2025.