Magical gem: Pantheos (A) Greek inscription (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1435
ID-Number:
US-AA-KMA_26051
Collection:
US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Inventory:
26051
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 257; Michel, DMG, no. 41.1_23
Material:
jasper, green to black
Dimensions:
27 x 20 x 4 mm
Iconography:
cartouche; crown, unspecified; Pantheos; scepter, with bird on the top; scepters (4); tail of bird; scepter, unspecified
A: Four-winged Pantheos standing to front, on a cartouche, feet to right. Roughly worked out head topped with a solar disk and uraei. A bird's tail projects from the hips to the left of the body. Behind the wings: two scepters on the left and two scepters on the right, with a bird on the top.
B: Inscription in three lines: δια|φυλ|αξον → διαφύλαξον, “protect!”.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1435
Michel, DMG, 41.1_23.
The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1435
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CBd-1435. 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/1435 on 23-10-2024.
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