Magical gem: Ibis tied to an altar (A) Chnoubis (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1324
ID-Number:
US-AA-KMA_26019
Collection:
US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Inventory:
26019
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 81; Michel, DMG, no. 27.2.d_5
Material:
steatite, green to black
Dimensions:
32 x 23 x 6 mm
Iconography:
bird: ibis, tied to an altar; cord; plant: stalks of (3); star; Chnoubis, lion-headed; rays, double; rays (6); nimbus; Chnoubis-sign?
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἰάω
A: Ibis striding to left, with wings tied to an altar with a cord, altar crowned with three stalks of a plant. Above: a star, on the right and left: S-shaped lines (snakes or Chnoubis-signs?). Inscription below the image: ιαω → Ἰάω.
B: Lion-headed Chnoubis to left, head encircled with a nimbus and six double rays.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1324
Michel, DMG, DMG 27.2.d_5
The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1324
B: Lion-headed Chnoubis to left, head encircled with a nimbus and six double rays.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1324
Michel, DMG, DMG 27.2.d_5
The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1324
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CBd-1324. 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/1324 on 18-11-2024.
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