Magical pendant: Holy rider (A) eye, animals (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1073
ID-Number:
US-AA-SCL_Bonner 63
Collection:
US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library
Inventory:
SCL-Bonner 63
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 301
Former Collections:
Bonner, Campbell (1876 Nashville – 1954 Ann Arbor)
Material:
bronze
Dimensions:
43 x 24 mm
Iconography:
rider, holy; animal: horse; nimbus; animal: lions (2); weapon: spear?; weapon: spear; bird, unspecified; scorpion; snake; figure, female; eye, evil
A: Rider on horseback, with a nimbus around the head, galloping to right and spearing a figure lying on the ground. Inscription around the edge, beginning at bottom left: εισθεοσονικων → εἷς θεὸς ὁ νικῶν <τὰ κακά>. 'The sole God, who overcomes evil.' (Transcription after Bonner.)
B: At top, an eye pierced by two spears and a trident, attacked from below by two lions flanking a bird, a snake and a scorpion.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1073
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CBd-1073. 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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