Talismans - Magical pendant: Ithyphallic figure surrounded with animals (A) vox in tabula ansata (B)

Magical pendant: Ithyphallic figure surrounded with animals (A) vox in tabula ansata (B)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-1243

ID-Number:

FR-CdM-Froehner.2894

Collection:

FR_Paris, Cabinet des Médailles

Inventory:

Froehner.2894

References:

Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 192; Michel, DMG, no. 27.4.b_3; Mastrocinque 2014, no. 101

Former Collections:

Froehner, Wilhelm (1834–1925)

Material:

haematite (black)

Dimensions:

23 x 13 mm

Iconography:

tabula ansata; hieroglyph, ankh?; animal: crocodile; gesture, ithyphallic; scepter, unspecified; snakes (2); bird: swallows (2); scorpions (2); scarab, with outstreched wings; figure, with indistinct animal head

Divine Names & Voces:

Ἰάω, variants

Description: Rectangular, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Haematite. Side B damaged on the surface, otherwise intact.

A: Ithyphallic figure in three-quarter view, feet and head (unspecified, perhaps that of an ibis?) to right, left hand holding a scepter, right hand holding the hieroglyph ankh (?). Above, a winged scarab; below, a crocodile, to left. On the sides: scorpions crawling to top (top), swallows facing inwards (center), rearing snakes (bottom). (For an interpretation, cf. CBd-2.)
B: Horizontal inscription in a tabula ansata: ιαεωθ.

Bibliography
Delatte - Derchain 1964, no. 192.
Nagy 2012, comm. ad Bonner IV 60-61
Mastrocinque 2014 on CBd-1243

The Cabinet des Médailles database on CBd-1243

Last modified: 2019-11-08 21:48:37

Link:cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/1243

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CBd-1243. 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/1243 on 09-03-2025.

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Credits Photo: A. Mastrocinque

Notes Side A and B