Talismans - Magical gem: Helios driving quadriga (A) Anguipes (B)

Magical gem: Helios driving quadriga (A) Anguipes (B)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-1059

ID-Number:

US-AA-SCL_Bonner 5

Collection:

US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library

Inventory:

SCL-Bonner 5

References:

Bonner, SMA D. 174; Michel, DMG, no. 22.4.a_4

Former Collections:

Bonner, Campbell (1876 Nashville – 1954 Ann Arbor)

Material:

jasper, green and red

Dimensions:

20,3 x 16,6 x 4,3 mm

Iconography:

Helios; rays (4); whip; gesture, greeting; quadriga; Anguipes, cock-headed; weapon: armour; weapon: shield

A: Helios standing to front on the quadriga, head to left, and crowned with four rays. Right hand raised in greeting, left hand holding a whip. Two of the horses turn left, two right, the heads of the pole horses facing each other. Wheels of the chariot shown in side view behind the horses.
B: Frontal view of cock-headed Anguipes, head to left, right hand holding a whip, left hand holding a round shield. The figure wears armour, but the junction of the trunk and the snake's legs is not concealed.

Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1059

Images
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/slide174.JPEG" target="_blank">Image of A in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/174rev.JPEG" target="_blank">Image of B in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library

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CBd-1059. 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/1059 on 02-06-2023.