Talismans - Magical gem in a modern gold mount: Headless figure (A) Anguipes (B)

Magical gem in a modern gold mount: Headless figure (A) Anguipes (B)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-1111

ID-Number:

US-NY-MMA-GRA_95.15.1

Collection:

US_New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Greek and Roman Art

Inventory:

95.15.1

References:

Goodenough, JS, III, no. 1205; Bonner, SMA D. 152; Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.3.h_8

Material:

jasper, green and red

Dimensions:

28 x 20 x 3 mm

Dating:

ca. 2nd–3rd c. AD (MM Coll. website) / post-antique(?) (Michel, DMG - CBd)

Iconography:

Anguipes, cock-headed; hands, severed; figure, headless; head (independent motif); whip; weapon: shield; weapon: armour; clothing: kilt; clothing: tunic; shoes: boots

Divine Names & Voces:

Ἀβρασάξ; Ἀβλαναθαναλβα, palindrome; Ἰάω; Ἀκραμμαχαμαρεί and variants

A: Headless and handless man standing to front, with blood sprouting from the neck and the wrists. He is wearing a tunic, kilt and boots. Amputated hands represented in the free field near the wrists, severed head in the upper right segment. Inscription beginning at bottom left: αβλαναθα[. .]λβααβρα[. .]ξ → Ἀβλαναθα[να]λβα, Ἀβρα[σά]ξ;. Letters near the legs: ιαω → Ἰάω.
B: Frontal view of the cock-headed Anguipes, head to right, in armour. Right hand raised high and holding a whip, left hand held beside the body and holding a round shield, porpax visible. Inscription around the egde, beginning at bottom left: ακραμαχαμαρεηιουαοω → Ἀκραμμαχαμαρε<ί>, vocales.
Mounted in a post-antique gold setting with suspension loop.

Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1111
The Metropolitan Museum Collections website on CBd-1111

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CBd-1111. 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/1111 on 08-10-2024.