Total:
72 / 3605 object(s)
Magical gem mounted in a modern gold ring: Chnoubis (A) Chnoubis-sign (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-104
ID-Number:
GB-Cambridge, Fitzwilliam_B 332 (CM)
Collection:
GB_Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum
Inventory:
B 332 (CM)
References:
Henig, Cambridge, no. 500; Michel, DMG, no. 11.2.a_16
Former Collections:
Mayer Collection
Material:
plasma (green)
Dimensions:
12 x 9.5 x 5 mm
Dating:
3rd–4th c. AD (Henig)
Iconography:
Chnoubis, lion-headed; Chnoubis-sign; rays; rays (8)
Divine Names & Voces:
Χνουβίς
A: Lion-headed Chnoubis, head to left and encircled with eight rays. Inscription on the left, in two lines in mirror-writing, running from top to bottom: χνου|βισ → Χνουβίς.
B: Chnoubis-sign.
Mounted in a modern gold ring.
Henig 1994, 227, no. 500
Michel, DMG, 11.2.a_16
B: Chnoubis-sign.
Mounted in a modern gold ring.
Henig 1994, 227, no. 500
Michel, DMG, 11.2.a_16
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CBd-104. 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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