Talismans - Magical gem: Anubis (A) lion (B)

Magical gem: Anubis (A) lion (B)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-1267

ID-Number:

US-NY-ANS_0000.999.35792

Collection:

US_New York, American Numismatic Society

Inventory:

0000.999.35792

References:

Bonner, SMA D. 365; Schwartz–Schwartz, 30; Michel, DMG, no. 26.1.b_4

Former Collections:

Newell, Edward T. Collection

Material:

haematite (black)

Dimensions:

32 x 8 x 7 mm

Iconography:

animal: lion; clothing: kilt; weapon: dagger; star; shoes: boots; object, unidentified; moon, crescent; clothing: tunic; Anubis; crown, lotus?

Divine Names & Voces:

voces, unidentified; ρομανδαρηαρηγορω and variants

A: Anubis dressed in kilt, tunic and boots, standing to front. Head, to left, topped by a lotus-crown (?), right hand holding an upright dagger, left hand lowered beside the body and holding an unidentified object (Schwartz: situla?). Inscription beneath the figure, in two lines: οαχ.
B: Lion leaping to left. In front of the lion, a six-pointed star; above, a crescent, open to top.
C (above the lion): βαρηγωρηχυχ.
D (below the lion): ωρομανδαρη. → voces including variant of γομανδαρηαρηγορω.
Spindle-shaped stone, perhaps once a babylonian weight? (A. Barb, see Schwartz - Schwartz, 173). From the same workshop as CBd-1268? (A. Mastrocinque).

Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1267
Schwartz - Schwartz on CBd-1267
http://numismatics.org/collection/0000.999.35792" target="_blank">The American Numismatic Society Collections database on CBd-1267

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CBd-1267. 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/1267 on 17-09-2024.