Magical gem: Aeolus, eagle
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1335
ID-Number:
US-AA-KMA_26138
Collection:
US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Inventory:
26138
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 107; Michel, DMG, no. 1.2_1
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
27 x 10 x 5 mm
Iconography:
column; bird: eagle; star; gesture, greeting; object, unidentified; plant: palm branch; bag; Aeolus
A: Aeolus standing to left upon a column. He is nude, right hand raised in greeting, left hand holding the neck of a bag, which is carried on his shoulder. Beside him, on the left, an eagle with outstreched wings. Above the eagle, a triangular object; above the figure a star. On the top, right and bottom edges: stylized palm branches (Bonner: feather borders?).
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1335
Michel, DMG, 1.2_1
The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1335
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CBd-1335. 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/1335 on 09-03-2025.
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