Magical gem: Anguipes
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1058
ID-Number:
US-AA-SCL_Bonner 2
Collection:
US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library
Inventory:
SCL-Bonner 2
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 165; Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.4.b_3
Former Collections:
Bonner, Campbell (1876 Nashville – 1954 Ann Arbor)
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
15 x 11 x 4 mm
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; weapon: armour; weapon: shield; whip
Divine Names & Voces:
vocales
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to right. Right hand raised and holding a whip in front of the body, left hand holding a round shield, partly hid behind the figure. Porpax and antilabe visible. Snake's legs both to right. Inscription on the inside of the shield: ιαη|ιε|ηιο|υω → vocales.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1058
Images
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/slide165.JPEG" target="_blank">Image of A in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library
Last modified: 2019-10-28 15:38:48
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CBd-1058. 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/1058 on 22-10-2024.
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