Magical gem: Kneeling woman with two animal-headed figures
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1739
ID-Number:
DE-Hamburg-Skoluda_M030
Collection:
DE_Hamburg, Skoluda Collection
Inventory:
M030
References:
Michel 2001, no. 131; Michel, DMG, no. 26.2.d_3
Material:
carnelian (colour unspecified)
Dimensions:
24.1 x 16 x 6 mm
Dating:
2nd–3rd c. AD (Michel)
Iconography:
figure, female; gesture, kneeling; bird, unspecified; scorpion; clothing, unspecified; figure, jackal-headed?; figure, donkey-headed?
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἄρτεμις
A: In the center, a kneeling female figure in three-quarter view, head in profile to left, flanked by two animal-headed figures, both holding her hand. Below, a bird and a scorpion as well as letters; above, inscription in two lines, continued on the edge: art|emis|ko|ss|torn → voces including Artemis.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Michel 2001 on CBd-1739
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Michel 2001 on CBd-1739
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CBd-1739. 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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