Magical gem: Anubis with globe and palm branch (A) characteres (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1299
ID-Number:
US-NY-MMA-GRA_10.130.1391
Collection:
US_New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Greek and Roman Art
Inventory:
10.130.1391
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 38; Michel, DMG, no. 24.3.a_4
Material:
jasper, green to black
Dimensions:
20 x 14 x 3 mm
Dating:
2nd century AD (MM Coll. website)
Iconography:
Anubis; weapon: armour; stars (2); globus; plant: palm branch; crown, Isis- (?)
A: Anubis standing to front, head to left, wearing armour, boots and a crown (Isis- or lotus-crown?). Both arms extended, right hand holding a globe, left hand holding a palm branch. Stars at each side of the head (eight-pointed star on the left, six-pointed star on the right). Below the arms: letters (left) and characteres (right). Behind the lower part of the body, upside-down trapezoid enclosing letters.
B: Three characteres.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1299
The Metropolitan Museum Collections website on CBd-1299
B: Three characteres.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1299
The Metropolitan Museum Collections website on CBd-1299
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CBd-1299. 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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