Magical gem: Reaper (A) 'for the hips' (B)
Download PDF
CBd-Number:
CBd-1346
ID-Number:
Fr-BnF-CdM_AA.Seyrig.33
Collection:
FR_Paris, Cabinet des Médailles
Inventory:
AA.Seyrig.33
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 125; Michel, DMG, no. 47.1.b_1; Mastrocinque 2014, no. 462
Former Collections:
Seyrig, Henry (Beirut)
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
37 x 15 x 5 mm
Iconography:
clothing: cap; clothing: tunic; plant: stalks of grain; plant: tree; sickle; Ouroboros
Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Black haematite. Broken, both longer esges missing.
A: Ouroboros enclosing a bowed reaper wearing cap and tunic, stooping to right to cut stalks of grain with a long-handled sickle. Behind him, on the left, a tree.
B: [-]χι|ονθ|ερα|πια → <ἰ>[σ]χί<ω>ν θεραπ<ε>ία. 'Therapy of the hips'.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1346
Mastrocinque 2014 on CBd-1346
Last modified: 2019-11-08 22:05:13
Link:cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/1346
CITE THIS PAGE
CBd-1346. 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/1346 on 09-03-2025.
Zoom
