Magical gem (?): Scorpion
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1556
ID-Number:
GB-AshMus_1889.708
Collection:
GB_Oxford, Ashmolean Museum
Inventory:
1889.708
References:
Henig–MacGregor 2004, no. 9.131
Former Collections:
Chester, Greville John (1830–1892)
Material:
agate, white
Dimensions:
14 x 10 x 5.5 mm
Dating:
3rd c. BC (Henig - MacGregor)
Iconography:
scorpion
A: Scorpion from above, crawling vertically to top, surrounded by random letters.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Henig - MacGregor 2004, 98, no. 9.131
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Henig - MacGregor 2004, 98, no. 9.131
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CBd-1556. 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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