Amulet(?) gem: Crab and scorpion
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1560
ID-Number:
GB-AshMus_1890.269
Collection:
GB_Oxford, Ashmolean Museum
Inventory:
1890.269
References:
Henig–MacGregor 2004, no. 12.2
Former Collections:
Chester, Greville John (1830–1892)
Material:
jasper, yellow
Dimensions:
10.5 x 13 x 2.8 mm
Dating:
2nd c. AD (Henig - MacGregor)
Iconography:
scorpion; crab
A: At the top: scorpion from above, crawling horizontally to right; at the bottom: crab from above, crawling vertically to top.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Henig - MacGregor 2004, 119, no. 12.2
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Henig - MacGregor 2004, 119, no. 12.2
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CBd-1560. 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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