Magical gem: Helios (A) inscription (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1067
ID-Number:
US-AA-SCL_Bonner 30
Collection:
US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library
Inventory:
SCL-Bonner 30
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 222; Michel, DMG, no. 22.2.a_6
Former Collections:
Bonner, Campbell (1876 Nashville – 1954 Ann Arbor)
Material:
chalcedony (colour unspecified)
Dimensions:
15 x 12 x 6 mm
Iconography:
clothing: mantle; gesture, greeting; Helios; rays (5); star; moon, crescent; whip
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβρασάξ, variants
A: Helios standing with head to right and encircled with five rays, wearing a mantle thrown over the right arm. Right hand lowered and holding a whip, left hand raised in greeting. To the left of the figure, a six-pointed star and a crescent.
B: Inscribed: αβρασα → variant of Ἄβρασαξ.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1067
Images
Image of A in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library(http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/slide222.JPEG
Image of B in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library
B: Inscribed: αβρασα → variant of Ἄβρασαξ.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1067
Images
Image of A in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library(http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/slide222.JPEG
Image of B in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library
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CBd-1067. 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/1067 on 18-11-2024.
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