Magical gem: Hermanubis (A) Greek inscription (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1677
ID-Number:
DE-Hamburg-Skoluda_M081
Collection:
DE_Hamburg, Skoluda Collection
Inventory:
M081
References:
Michel 2001, no. 42; Michel, DMG, no. 24.3.b_8
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
24.4 x 23.3 x 2.4 mm
Dating:
2nd–3rd c. AD (Michel)
Iconography:
kerykeion; clothing: mantle; Hermanubis; money bag; modius
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified; vocales; Μιχαήλ
A: Jackal- or donkey-headed figure, wearing mantle and modius, to left (Hermanubis). Left hand holding a money-bag (?), right hand holding a kerykeion. Around the edge, letters and characteres: f, character, εωυ, character, r, τυ, character, ι → unidentified voces including Latin letters.
B: Inscribed in three lines: μιχα|ηλ|ιαη → Μιχαήλ, vocales.
Bibliography
Michel 2001 on CBd-1677
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CBd-1677. 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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