Talismans - Magical gem: Crocodile with roosters

Magical gem: Crocodile with roosters

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CBd-Number:

CBd-1532

ID-Number:

US-NY-ANS_0000.999.35713

Collection:

US_New York, American Numismatic Society

Inventory:

0000.999.35713

References:

Bonner, SMA D. 381; Schwartz–Schwartz, 36

Former Collections:

Newell, Edward T. Collection

Material:

onyx (banded)

Dimensions:

18 x 14 x 4 mm

Dating:

post-antique? (Schwartz)

Iconography:

animal: crocodile; head, unidentified; bird: cocks (2); vessel: amphora; head, of bull; figure, unidentified

A: Crocodile, head to left, with mouth open. On its back, a broad face with long hair (Bonner: Hathor?), the head topped with an amphora. On each side of the amphora, a cock facing inwards. Under the bird on the right, above the crocodile's tail, the head of an ox. On the left, in front of the crocodile, unidentified object or figure (Bonner: a symbol intended to represent a disk between horns, or a bud; Schwartz: man fleeing from crocodile). Letters and characteres in the free field: above the scene: οπ*Character*β, below the unidentified figure: ιβ.
B: Plain.
Perhaps post-antique (Schwartz).

Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1532
Schwartz - Schwartz on CBd-1532
http://numismatics.org/collection/0000.999.35713" target="_blank">The American Numismatic Society Collections database on CBd-1532

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CBd-1532. 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/1532 on 17-09-2024.