Talismans - Magical gem: Snake-legged mumiform figure, characteres, letters (A) figure, characteres, letters (B)

Magical gem: Snake-legged mumiform figure, characteres, letters (A) figure, characteres, letters (B)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-1382

ID-Number:

Fr-BnF-CdM_AA.Seyrig.14

Collection:

FR_Paris, Cabinet des Médailles

Inventory:

AA.Seyrig.14

References:

Bonner, SMA D. 186; Michel, DMG, no. 3.E_3; Mastrocinque 2014, no. 328

Former Collections:

Seyrig, Henry (Beirut)

Material:

jasper, green and red

Dimensions:

23 x 17 x 5 mm

Iconography:

scepter, unspecified; crown?; figure, unidentified; Anubis as mummy (?); clothing: bandage; clothing: tunic

Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Green jasper with red spots (heliotrope). Chipped along the edge. From Beirut.

A: Mummiform, snake-legged jackal-headed figure, standing on a base, holding a scepter in each hand and wearing a stylized crown. Around the figure: various Greek and Latin letters and characteres.
B: Figure facing left, in a tunic, holding a short staff in the right hand and a taller scepter in the left. Around the figure: Greek letters and characteres.

Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1382
Mastrocinque 2014 on CBd-1382

The Cabinet des Médailles database on CBd-1382

Last modified: 2019-10-21 21:56:50

Link:cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/1382

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CBd-1382. 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/1382 on 09-03-2025.

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Credits Photo: A. Mastrocinque

Notes Side A and B