Magical gem: Eros and Psyche
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1725
ID-Number:
DE-Hamburg-Skoluda_M026
Collection:
DE_Hamburg, Skoluda Collection
Inventory:
M026
References:
Michel 2001, no. 111; Michel, DMG, no. 15.2.a_4
Material:
jasper, green to black
Dimensions:
13.8 x 17.8 x 2.5 mm
Dating:
2nd c. AD (Michel)
Iconography:
clothing: garment; column; Eros and Psyche; griffin; torch, burning; weapon: bow; wheel; Psyche bound; weapon: arrow
A: On the left, Psyche wearing a long garment, standing to right, with hands tied behind her back to a column topped by a griffin with one claw resting on a wheel. On the right, facing Psyche, Eros with bow and arrow. Behind him, a burning torch. Inscription at the top: [-]ικαιωσ → [δ]ικαίως. 'Justly'.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Michel 2001 on CBd-1725
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CBd-1725. 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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