Magical pendant: Figures, with Ἰάω
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1767
ID-Number:
US-NY-ANS_Schwartz 16
Collection:
US_New York, American Numismatic Society
Inventory:
Schwartz 16
References:
Schwartz–Schwartz, 16; Michel, DMG, no. 2.5.b_3
Material:
steatite, green to black
Iconography:
snake; Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower; figure, crocodile-headed; figure, with indistinct animal head
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἰάω
Pentagonal pendant, pierced through in the middle for suspension.
A: Serpent.
B: Crocodile(?) with human legs.
C: Animal-headed figure.
D: ιαω → Ἰάω.
E: Harpocrates on lotus (or orant figure?)
Bibliography
Schwartz - Schwartz on CBd-1767
A: Serpent.
B: Crocodile(?) with human legs.
C: Animal-headed figure.
D: ιαω → Ἰάω.
E: Harpocrates on lotus (or orant figure?)
Bibliography
Schwartz - Schwartz on CBd-1767
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CBd-1767. 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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