Magical gem in post-antique ring: Chnoubis
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1225
ID-Number:
CZ-Brno, Moravian Gallery in Brno_24286
Collection:
CZ_Brno, Moravian Gallery
Inventory:
24286
Former Collections:
Collalto, Edvard
Material:
carnelian, red to brown
Dimensions:
12.5 x 10.4 mm
Dating:
2nd–3rd c. AD or post-antique?
Iconography:
Chnoubis, lion-headed; rays (7)
Description: Upright oval, side A flat. Shape 8. Red carnelion. Set in a modern ring ajour.
A: Lion-headed snake (Chnoubis), whose lower body coils into concentric circles, with seven rays around the head, to left. On the right, characteres in three lines.
B: Plain.
2nd–3rd 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), whose lower body coils into concentric circles, with seven rays around the head, to left. On the right, characteres in three lines.
B: Plain.
2nd–3rd 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-1225. 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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