Magical gem: Pregnant woman (A) donkey, ιασχαρζας (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1703
ID-Number:
DE-Hamburg-Skoluda_M090
Collection:
DE_Hamburg, Skoluda Collection
Inventory:
M090
References:
Michel 2001, no. 83; Michel, DMG, no. 54.9_10
Material:
jasper, red
Dimensions:
12 x 10.4 x 3.4 mm
Dating:
2nd–3rd c. AD (Michel)
Iconography:
gesture, childbirth; gesture, ithyphallic; vessel, unspecified; animal: quadruped, unspecified; Omphale
Divine Names & Voces:
ιασχαρζας; Ὀμφάλη
A: Omphale represented as a pregnant woman, squatting with bent knees, naked, to front, holding a vessel in her right hand and washing herself with the left hand. Below, inscription in two lines: ομψαλε → Ὀμφάλη?
B: Ithyphallic quadruped (donkey?) lying to left. Above, inscription in three lines: ιασ|χαρζ|ασ → ιασχαρζας.
Bibliography
Michel 2001 on CBd-1703
Dasen 2008, 267–268.
B: Ithyphallic quadruped (donkey?) lying to left. Above, inscription in three lines: ιασ|χαρζ|ασ → ιασχαρζας.
Bibliography
Michel 2001 on CBd-1703
Dasen 2008, 267–268.
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CBd-1703. 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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