Amulet(?) gem: Gryllos with crescent and star
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1082
ID-Number:
US-AA-SCL_Bonner 76
Collection:
US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library
Inventory:
SCL-Bonner 76
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 387; Michel, DMG, no. 55.3.d_6
Former Collections:
Bonner, Campbell (1876 Nashville – 1954 Ann Arbor)
Material:
carnelian (colour unspecified)
Dimensions:
16 x 13 x 5 mm
Iconography:
gryllos; plant: palm branch; plant: stalk of grain; moon, crescent; star; cornucopia
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified
A: Bearded mask facing left, standing on cock's legs. Above the head on the left, a horse's head and neck, wreath in mouth. Above, on the right, a cornucopia; behind the mask a ram's head, holding a stalk of grain and grapes in the mouth. Palm branch below the cock's feet. Letters on the left: αυ|κο, with a star and a crescent inserted in the middle → unidentified voces and characteres.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1082
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1082
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CBd-1082. 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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