Magical(?) gem: Two long-tailed figures
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1648
ID-Number:
SK-Bratislava, Slovak National Museum_L 12 992
Collection:
SK_Bratislava, Slovak National Museum - Archaeological Museum
Inventory:
L 12 992
Former Collections:
Bratislava (Pozsony), Evangelical Lyceum
Material:
agate, yellow to orange
Dimensions:
13.5 x 13.5 mm
Dating:
3rd century or late antiquity / post-antique?
Iconography:
figures, unidentified (2); gesture, greeting
A: Two long-tailed figures, in profile to left, the first raises both arms, the right arm of the second one is lowered beside the body, left arm raised. Head complete with notches for profile. Around, in the free field, seven stars or characteres? For a remote parallel, see CBd-838.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Fűryová - Tomčíková 2008, 63, no. 979.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Fűryová - Tomčíková 2008, 63, no. 979.
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CBd-1648. 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/1648 on 04-05-2025.
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