Magical gem: Lion-headed deity (A) voces (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1104
ID-Number:
US-NY-ANS_0000.999.53114
Collection:
US_New York, American Numismatic Society
Inventory:
0000.999.53114
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 232; Michel, DMG, no. 37.B.3.a_5
Material:
serpentine (green to black)
Dimensions:
19.9 x 16.1 x 3.5 mm
Iconography:
figure, lion-headed; gesture, hand raised to mouth; rays (8); scepter, unspecified; clothing, unspecified
Logoi:
βακαξιχυχ-logos and variants
A: Lion-headed deity standing to left, right hand raised to mouth, left hand resting on the hip. Eight rays around the head, upper body nude, draped from waist to ankles. In the free field on the right, three square sigmas in a vertical column, on the left, a long scepter passing through four square sigmas two of which open upward, the others downward.
B: Inscription in seven lines: χυχ|βαχυχ|βακαχυχ|βακαξιχυχ|βαγητο||βαινχω|ωωχ. → βακαξιχυχ-logos.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1104
The American Numismatic Society Collections database on CBd-1104
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CBd-1104. 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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