Magical gem: Ibis with kerykeion (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1037
ID-Number:
US-AA-SCL_Bonner 36
Collection:
US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library
Inventory:
SCL-Bonner 36
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 49; Michel, DMG, no. 27.1.b_4
Former Collections:
Bonner, Campbell (1876 Nashville – 1954 Ann Arbor)
Material:
limonite (colour unspecified)
Dimensions:
18 x 14 x 3 mm
Iconography:
primeval mound; kerykeion; Thoth; crown, hemhem?
Divine Names & Voces:
δαρυγκω, variants
A: Plain?
B: Thoth as ibis facing left, standing on the primeval mound. On his head, an indistinct triangular object (hemhem-crown?). Caduceus under the wing. Inscription in two parts, round the edge, beginning at top right: λαρυγω → variant of δαρυνγω.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1037
Images
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/slide49.JPEG" target="_blank">Image of B in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library
B: Thoth as ibis facing left, standing on the primeval mound. On his head, an indistinct triangular object (hemhem-crown?). Caduceus under the wing. Inscription in two parts, round the edge, beginning at top right: λαρυγω → variant of δαρυνγω.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1037
Images
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/slide49.JPEG" target="_blank">Image of B in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library
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CBd-1037. 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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