Magical gem: Reaper (A) 'for the hips' (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1343
ID-Number:
Fr-BnF-CdM_AA.Seyrig.32
Collection:
FR_Paris, Cabinet des Médailles
Inventory:
AA.Seyrig.32
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 120; Michel, DMG, no. 47.1.a_2; Mastrocinque 2014, no. 460
Former Collections:
Seyrig, Henry (Beirut)
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
18 x 12 x 4 mm (CdM)
Iconography:
clothing: cap; clothing: kilt; plant: tree; sickle; reaper; plant: stalks of grain (4)
Description: Transverse oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Edge chipped. Acquired in Athens.
A: Reaper wearing high cap and kilt, stooping to right to cut four stalks of grain with a long-handled sickle. Two stubbles. Behind him, on the left, a tree.
B: σχιων → <ἰ>σχίων, 'for the hips'.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1343
Mastrocinque 2014 on CBd-1343
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CBd-1343. 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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