Magical gem: Anguipes
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1152
ID-Number:
GB-AshMus_1941.471
Collection:
GB_Oxford, Ashmolean Museum
Inventory:
1941.471
References:
Henig–MacGregor 2004, no. 13.4
Former Collections:
Evans, Arthur (1851–1941)
Material:
glass imitating amethyst
Dimensions:
11.5 x 9.1 x 2 mm
Dating:
3rd–4th c. AD (Henig - MacGregor)
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; weapon: shield
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes, head to right. Right arm bent in elbow and holding a round shield, left hand raised and holding a whip.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Henig - MacGregor 2004, 123, no. 13.4
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CBd-1152. 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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