Magical gem: Reaper (A) 'For the hips' (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1707
ID-Number:
DE-Hamburg-Skoluda_M015
Collection:
DE_Hamburg, Skoluda Collection
Inventory:
M015
References:
Michel 2001, no. 91; Michel, DMG, no. 47.1.a_13
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
16.2 x 21.5 x 3.5 mm
Dating:
4th c. AD (Michel)
Iconography:
reaper; plant: stalks of grain; plant: tree; water hose; clothing: cap; clothing: kilt; sickle
A: Reaper wearing kilt and cap, bending in profile to right to cut four stalks of grain with a sickle, three already cut. Behind him a tree, with a water hose hung on it.
B: Inscribed in one line: σχιων → <ἰ>σχίων. 'For the hips'.
Bibliography
Michel 2001 on CBd-1707
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CBd-1707. 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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