Magical gem: Human-headed Anguipes (A) Ἰάω (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1062
ID-Number:
US-AA-SCL_Bonner 3
Collection:
US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library
Inventory:
SCL-Bonner 3
References:
Smith–Hutton 1908, no. 218; Bonner, SMA D. 180; Michel, DMG, no. 3.D_1; Michel, DMG, no. 3.D_4
Former Collections:
Bonner, Campbell (1876 Nashville – 1954 Ann Arbor); Cook, Wyndham Francis (1860–1905)
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
16 x 12 x 4 mm
Iconography:
Anguipes, human-headed; weapon: armour; whip; weapon: shield
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβρασάξ; Ἰάω
A: Frontal view of a human-headed Anguipes in armour, head to right. Whip in his right hand, left hand holding a round shield. Below the figure: αβρασαξ → Ἄβρασαξ.
B: Inscribed: ιαω → Ἰάω.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1062
Images
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/slide180.JPEG" target="_blank">Image of A in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/180rev.JPEG" target="_blank">Image of B in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library
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CBd-1062. 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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