Magical gem: Anguipes (A) names of archangels (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1369
ID-Number:
US-AA-KMA_26162
Collection:
US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Inventory:
26162
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 168; Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.1.k_8
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
28 x 18 x 3 mm
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; weapon: armour; weapon: shield; whip; clothing: mantle
Divine Names & Voces:
Σαβαώθ; Ἀδωναΐ; Ἀβλαναθαναλβα, variants; Μιχαήλ; Γαβριήλ and variants
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour and mantle, facing right. Whip held high in the right hand, shield in the left hand, half hid behind the body, antilabe visible. Inscription around the figure: λκλλ λνλλκλ → "a careless version" of Ἀβλαναθαναλβα-palindrome.
B: Inscribed in five lines: μιχα|ηλσαβα|ωθαδω|ναιγα|βριηλ → Μιχαήλ, Σαβαώθ, Ἀδωναΐ, Γαβριήλ.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1369
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.6162/0000_02_6162" target="_blank">The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1369
Michel, DMG, 3.A.1.k_8.
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CBd-1369. 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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