Amulet gem: Sarapis on column
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1282
ID-Number:
US-AA-KMA_26043
Collection:
US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Inventory:
26043
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 15; Michel, DMG, no. 45.2.a_2
Material:
jasper, green to black
Dimensions:
17 x 13 x 3 mm
Iconography:
column; modius; clothing: mantle; clothing: tunic; gesture, greeting; Sarapis; scepter, unspecified
A: Sarapis to left, standing on a column, with left hand holding a tall scepter, right arm raised in greeting. He is dressed in tunic and mantle, head crowned with the modius(?). Inscription on the two sides of the figure, from bottom to top on the left: διαφυ; from top to bottom on the right: λασσε → διαφύλασσε. 'Protect me!'
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1282
The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1282
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CBd-1282. 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/1282 on 09-03-2025.
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