Magical gem: Anubis (?)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1124
ID-Number:
US-NY-MMA-GRA_41.160.643
Collection:
US_New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Greek and Roman Art
Inventory:
41.160.643
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 42; Michel, DMG, no. 24.3.b_5
Material:
carnelian (colour unspecified)
Dimensions:
11 x 9 x 2 mm
Iconography:
clothing: mantle; clothing: tunic; caduceus; plant: palm branch; Anubis?; sistrum
A: Anubis (?) standing to right, wearing mantle and tunic. Left hand holding a tall palm branch, right hand holding a caduceus. In the free field behind the figure: a sistrum.
B: Plain.
Bonner notes that the figure looks more horse-headed, see below.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1124
The Metropolitan Museum Collections website on CBd-1124
B: Plain.
Bonner notes that the figure looks more horse-headed, see below.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1124
The Metropolitan Museum Collections website on CBd-1124
Last modified: 2014-10-25 18:43:08
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CBd-1124. 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/1124 on 09-03-2025.
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