Magical gem: Anubis (A) στομάχου (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1155
ID-Number:
GB-AshMus_1941.25
Collection:
GB_Oxford, Ashmolean Museum
Inventory:
1941.25
References:
Henig–MacGregor 2004, no. 13.7
Former Collections:
Way Collection
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
25 x 13.1 x 3 mm
Dating:
4th c. AD (Henig - MacGregor)
Iconography:
Anubis; vessel: situla; weapon: dagger; clothing: mantle; clothing: tunic; stars?
A: Jackal-headed Anubis, to left, wearing tunic and mantle, holding a dagger in his right hand, and a situla in his left hand. In the free field around the figure, several notches (meant for stars?)
B: Inscription in four lines: στομαχου → στομάχου. 'For the stomach!'
Bibliography
Henig - MacGregor 2004, 124, no. 13.7
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CBd-1155. 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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