Magical gem: Asclepius (A) inscription and characteres (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1309
ID-Number:
US-AA-KMA_1963.04.0006
Collection:
US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Inventory:
1963.04.0006
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 58; Michel, DMG, no. 7_6
Material:
stone, green
Dimensions:
15 x 13 x 8 mm
Iconography:
clothing: tunic; clothing: mantle; staff, snake entwined; vessel: patera?; Asclepius
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified
Logoi:
βακαξιχυχ-logos and variants
A: Asclepius standing to right, wearing tunic and mantle (?). His right hand leans against a serpent entwined staff, the left hand holds a round object (Bonner: patera?). Around, inscription: αυωαιυαωιαλ.
B: Inscription in six lines: βακαξιχυχ|μεα|ουω|βακαξιχυχ|ηθα||ιχζ → variant of the βακαξιχυχ-logos. After the second line: characteres, including two eight-pointed stars and a Z-sign.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1309
Michel, DMG, DMG 7_6
The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1309
B: Inscription in six lines: βακαξιχυχ|μεα|ουω|βακαξιχυχ|ηθα||ιχζ → variant of the βακαξιχυχ-logos. After the second line: characteres, including two eight-pointed stars and a Z-sign.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1309
Michel, DMG, DMG 7_6
The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1309
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CBd-1309. 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/1309 on 07-09-2024.
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