Magical gem: Reaper (A) Greek inscription (B)
Download PDF
CBd-Number:
CBd-1345
ID-Number:
US-AA-KMA_26121
Collection:
US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Inventory:
26121
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 123; Michel, DMG, no. 47.1.a_20
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
42 x 29 x 4 mm
Iconography:
clothing: cap; plant: stalks of grain; plant: tree; reaper; sickle; snake; clothing: kilt
A: Reaper wearing high cap and kilt, bending in profile to right to cut four stalks of grain with a long-handled sickle, three already cut. Behind him, a tree, with a hanging garment. The ground line is a serpent, head to left.
B: Inscription: σχιων → <ἰ>σχίων between characteres.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1345
Michel, DMG, 47.1.a_20
The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1345
Last modified: 2019-11-08 22:03:50
Link:cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/1345
CITE THIS PAGE
CBd-1345. 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/1345 on 09-03-2025.
Zoom
