Magical gem: Cynocephalus (A) Greek inscription (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1468
Collection:
US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Inventory:
26105
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 245 A; Michel, DMG, no. 42.1.a_1
Material:
jasper (colour unspecified)
Iconography:
animal: cynocephalus; gesture, greeting; gesture, ithyphallic; moon, crescent; solar disk; star
Divine Names & Voces:
σαλβαναχαμβρη and variants
A: Ityphallic cynocephalus standing to left, forepaws raised in greeting; head topped with the solar disk; eight-pointed star on the left, crescent on the right side of the head.
B: Inscribed in four lines: σαλ|βαvα|χαμ|βρη → Σαλβαναχαμβρη.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1468
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.6105/0000_02_6105" target="_blank">The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1468
B: Inscribed in four lines: σαλ|βαvα|χαμ|βρη → Σαλβαναχαμβρη.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1468
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.6105/0000_02_6105" target="_blank">The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1468
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CBd-1468. 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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