Amulet(?) gem in a post-antique ring: Palm tree
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1223
ID-Number:
CZ-Brno, Moravian Gallery in Brno_24307
Collection:
CZ_Brno, Moravian Gallery
Inventory:
24307
Former Collections:
Collalto, Edvard
Material:
carnelian, red to brown
Dimensions:
14 x 11 mm
Dating:
2nd–3rd c. AD
Iconography:
plant: palm tree
Description: Upright oval, side A slightly convex. Red carnelion. Set in a modern ring ajour.
A: Palm-tree with five branches and dates. Inscription on the two sides: reading uncertain. On the left, from the bottom to the top, in Greek: ΓEC/ΓIC, or reversely in Latin: LEC/LIC; on the right the inscription reads SVS or SAS.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Trapp 1882
Mrázek 2000
Řebounová - Šlancarová 2008
/Description: V. Šlancarová - D. Urbanová - CBd/
A: Palm-tree with five branches and dates. Inscription on the two sides: reading uncertain. On the left, from the bottom to the top, in Greek: ΓEC/ΓIC, or reversely in Latin: LEC/LIC; on the right the inscription reads SVS or SAS.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Trapp 1882
Mrázek 2000
Řebounová - Šlancarová 2008
/Description: V. Šlancarová - D. Urbanová - CBd/
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CBd-1223. 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/1223 on 09-03-2025.
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