Magical gem: Chnoubis (A) Chnoubis-sign, Χνουβίς (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-103
ID-Number:
GB-Cambridge, Fitzwilliam_B 331 (CM)
Collection:
GB_Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum
Inventory:
B 331 (CM)
References:
Henig, Cambridge, no. 499; Michel, DMG, no. 11.5_9
Material:
plasma (green)
Dimensions:
13 x 10 x 4.5 mm
Dating:
3rd–4th c. AD (Henig)
Iconography:
Chnoubis, lion-headed; rays (7); nimbus; Chnoubis-sign
Divine Names & Voces:
Χνουβίς
A. Lion-headed Chnoubis, with head in profile to left and surrounded with a nimbus and seven rays. The snake's tail is not coiled but stretched out to the bottom.
B: χνουβισ → Χνουβίς.
Henig 1994, 226, no. 499
Michel, DMG, 11.5_9
B: χνουβισ → Χνουβίς.
Henig 1994, 226, no. 499
Michel, DMG, 11.5_9
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CBd-103. 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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