Amulet(?) gem: Isis-Demeter
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1292
ID-Number:
US-NY-ANS_0000.999.35783
Collection:
US_New York, American Numismatic Society
Inventory:
0000.999.35783
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 26; Schwartz–Schwartz, 39; Michel, DMG, no. 12.3_1
Former Collections:
Newell, Edward T. Collection
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
24 x 19 x 3 mm
Iconography:
Isis; clothing: garment; clothing: veil; modius; plant: stalks of grain; torch, burning; figure, female
A: Isis-Demeter, wearing a long garment and a veil floating behind her, striding to left, holding a long, burning torch with both hands. Head crowned with a modius. Below, the upper body of a smaller figure, head to left, arms extended to the sides, holding two stalks of grain in each hand (somewhat resembling the representation of the river Orontes).
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1292
Schwartz - Schwartz on CBd-1292
http://numismatics.org/collection/0000.999.35783" target="_blank">The American Numismatic Society Collections database on CBd-1292
Last modified: 2019-11-08 21:57:35
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CBd-1292. 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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