Talismans - Magical gem: Female figure with animal head

Magical gem: Female figure with animal head

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CBd-Number:

CBd-1063

ID-Number:

US-AA-SCL_Bonner 44

Collection:

US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library

Inventory:

SCL-Bonner 44

References:

Bonner, SMA D. 44

Former Collections:

Bonner, Campbell (1876 Nashville – 1954 Ann Arbor)

Material:

sard (brown)

Dimensions:

15 x 12 mm

Iconography:

clothing: mantle; thyrsus; kerykeion; figure, with indistinct animal head; clothing: tunic

A: Female figure, with animal head, standing to front, head to left. She is wearing a long tunic and a mantle leaving her breasts bare, holding a thyrsus in the right hand, caduceus in the left hand.
B: Plain.

Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1063

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CBd-1063. 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/1063 on 16-05-2025.

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