Talismans - Magical gem: Helios (A) Greek inscription with characteres (B-C)

Magical gem: Helios (A) Greek inscription with characteres (B-C)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-1068

ID-Number:

US-AA-SCL_Bonner 31

Collection:

US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library

Inventory:

SCL-Bonner 31

References:

Smith–Hutton 1908, no. nr. 255; Bonner, SMA D. 223; Michel, DMG, no. 22.2.b_3

Former Collections:

Bonner, Campbell (1876 Nashville – 1954 Ann Arbor); Cook, Wyndham Francis (1860–1905)

Material:

chalcedony (colour unspecified)

Dimensions:

16 x 11 x 3 mm

Iconography:

clothing: tunic; clothing: mantle; gesture, greeting; Helios; rays (7); globus; scarab

Divine Names & Voces:

Ἰάω; voces, unidentified; Ἀβλαναθαναλβα, variants; σεμεσειλαμ and variants

A: Helios standing with head to left and encircled with seven rays, wearing a long robe and a mantle thrown over the left shoulder and arm. Each ray originally ending in a vowel, some of them lost due to chipping. The lowered left hand of Helios is holding a globe, right hand raised in greeting. Below the figure, a scarab, with head to left.
B: Inscription in five lines: σεμσει|αμς (2 characteres)|(3 characteres)αβλανα|θαλνβαφ|ρηυφ → σεμεσειλαμ, variant of Ἀβλαναθαναλβα.
C: On the edge: θαιαω → vox, Ἰάω.

Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1068

Images
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/slide223.JPEG" target="_blank">Image of A in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/223rev.JPEG" target="_blank">Image of B in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library

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CBd-1068. 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/1068 on 18-11-2024.