Magical gem: Uterus within Ouroboros
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1353
ID-Number:
US-AA-KMA_26036
Collection:
US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Inventory:
26036
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 137; Michel, DMG, no. 54.1.a_1
Material:
carnelian (colour unspecified)
Dimensions:
17 x 13 x 5 mm
Iconography:
Ouroboros; uterus, in the form of a cupping vessel
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἰάω; vocales
A: Ouroboros, with head at top to left, enclosing a uterus-symbol in the form of a cupping vessel, ligaments visible. Below the uterus, an inscription in three lines: αυηοει|ηιαωευ|ειαω → vocales including Ἰάω.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1353
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.6036/0000_02_6036" target="_blank">The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1353
Michel, DMG, 54.1.a_1.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1353
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.6036/0000_02_6036" target="_blank">The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1353
Michel, DMG, 54.1.a_1.
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CBd-1353. 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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