Magical gem: Anubis and Isis-Tyche (A) snake (B) characteres (C)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1028
ID-Number:
US-AA-SCL_Bonner 46
Collection:
US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library
Inventory:
SCL_Bonner 46
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 24; Michel, DMG, no. 30.3.d_3
Former Collections:
Bonner, Campbell (1876 Nashville – 1954 Ann Arbor)
Material:
jasper, red
Dimensions:
27 x 21 x 4.4 mm
Iconography:
Anubis; vessel, unspecified; clothing: tunic; rudder; clothing: mantle; cornucopia; crown, unspecified; Isis-Tyche; snake; object, unidentified; moon, full?; clothing: kilt; rays (4)
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἰάω
A: On the left, jackal-headed Anubis, nude except for kilt, over his head a disk (full moon?); basket-like vessel in the right hand. In the left, he holds an indistinct object at the level of the shoulders. In front of him Isis-Tyche, wearing a tunic. Her right hand rests upon a steering oar, left hand holds a cornucopia. Indistinct crown. Inscription below the figures: βοηθ → βοήθ[ει].
B: Snake with head erect to left, head crowned with four rays. Above, three characteres; below, ιαω → Ἰάω.
C: Letters and characteres around the edge.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1028
Michel, DMG, 30.3.d_3
Images
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/slide24.JPEG" target="_blank">Image of A in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/24rev.JPEG" target="_blank">Image of B in the Amulet Collection of the Special collections Library
B: Snake with head erect to left, head crowned with four rays. Above, three characteres; below, ιαω → Ἰάω.
C: Letters and characteres around the edge.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1028
Michel, DMG, 30.3.d_3
Images
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/slide24.JPEG" target="_blank">Image of A in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/24rev.JPEG" target="_blank">Image of B in the Amulet Collection of the Special collections Library
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CBd-1028. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy.
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