Magical gem in a post-antique ring: Chnoubis
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1224
ID-Number:
CZ-Brno, Moravian Gallery in Brno_24283
Collection:
CZ_Brno, Moravian Gallery
Inventory:
24283
Former Collections:
Collalto, Edvard
Material:
carnelian, yellow to orange
Dimensions:
13.5 x 11.5 mm
Dating:
1st–2nd c. AD or post-antique?
Iconography:
nimbus; Chnoubis, lion-headed; rays (7)
Divine Names & Voces:
Χνουβίς
Description: Upright oval, side A flat. Shape 8. Orange carnelian. Set in a modern ring ajour.
A: Lion-headed snake (Chnoubis) with a coiled body. Around the head, to left, a nimbus and seven rays. Inscription around, from right to left, with letters incised between the rays: χνουβισ → Χνουβίς.
B: Plain.
1st–2nd c. AD, or perhaps post-antique?
Bibliography
Trapp 1882
Mrázek 2000
Řebounová - Šlancarová 2008
/Description: V. Šlancarová - D. Urbanová - CBd/
A: Lion-headed snake (Chnoubis) with a coiled body. Around the head, to left, a nimbus and seven rays. Inscription around, from right to left, with letters incised between the rays: χνουβισ → Χνουβίς.
B: Plain.
1st–2nd c. AD, or perhaps post-antique?
Bibliography
Trapp 1882
Mrázek 2000
Řebounová - Šlancarová 2008
/Description: V. Šlancarová - D. Urbanová - CBd/
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CBd-1224. 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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