Magical gem: Anguipes (A) Voces (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1647
ID-Number:
SK-Bratislava, Slovak National Museum_L 12 978
Collection:
SK_Bratislava, Slovak National Museum - Archaeological Museum
Inventory:
L 12 978
Former Collections:
Bratislava (Pozsony), Evangelical Lyceum
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
15.5 x 11.5 mm
Dating:
3rd c. AD (Daňová)
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; weapon: armour; whip; weapon: shield
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβρασάξ; Ἰάω; voces, unidentified; σεμεσειλαμ and variants
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to right. Left hand holding a round shield, inscribed in two lines, with the letters: φρ|ηρ. Right hand bent in elbow and holding a whip. Inscription besides the snake-shaped feet, on the left: αρακ; on the right: ταοο → unidentified voces.
B: Inscription in three lines: ιαω|σεμεσειλαμ|αβρασαξ → Ἰάω; σεμεσειλαμ; Ἀβρασάξ.
B: Inscription in three lines: ιαω|σεμεσειλαμ|αβρασαξ → Ἰάω; σεμεσειλαμ; Ἀβρασάξ.
Bibliography
Fűryová - Tomčíková 2008, 63, No. 964.
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CBd-1647. 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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