Magical pendant: Hecate trimorph (A) figures (B-D)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1269
ID-Number:
US-AA-KMA_26117
Collection:
US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Inventory:
26117
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 367; Michel, DMG, no. 21.2.a_6
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
47 x 12 x 10 mm
Iconography:
clothing: garment; torch, burning; gesture, hand raised to mouth; scepter, unspecified; crown, unspecified; figure, snake-headed; clothing: tunic; figure, female; whips (2); weapon: daggers (2); torches (2); modii (3); Hecate; figure, male
Divine Names & Voces:
σεσεγγενβαρφαραγγης and variants
A: Hecate trimorph in a long garment, heads adorned with modii, uppermost hands holding daggers or torches, lowermost hands holding whips.
B: Female figure wearing a tunic, right hand raised to mouth.
C: Snake-headed female figure standing to front, head to right, wearing a crown. Both arms raised, right hand holding a scepter, left hand holding a whip. Below the left hand of the figure, inscription in a vertical column, with two letters in each line: σε|σε|νγ|ερ → variant of σεσεγγενβαρφαραγγης.
D: Male figure, both arms lowered down.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1269
The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1269
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CBd-1269. 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/1269 on 02-06-2023.
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