Magical gem: Isis (A) characteres (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1941
ID-Number:
DE-Köln-Institut für Altertumskunde_3
Collection:
DE_Köln, Institut für Altertumskunde der Universität
Inventory:
3
References:
Zwierlein-Diehl, Köln 3; Michel, DMG, no. 30.5_3
Former Collections:
Matouk, Fouad S. Collection
Material:
lapis lazuli (blue)
Dimensions:
28.4 x 20.2 x 5.3 mm
Dating:
2nd c. AD (Zwierlein-Diehl)
Iconography:
Isis; crown, double feathers; scepter, was; clothing: mantle; clothing: tunic
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified; λυκυνξ and variants; λυκυξυχυχν - νχυχυξυκυλ-palindrome
A: Female figure (Isis), to left, crowned with the double feather crown and wearing tunic and mantle. Was-scepter in the right hand, left hand lowered beside the body. To the left of the figure, two characteres, to the right of the figure, five characteres. Inscription around the figure, from right to left: νυναιοριαλευηε|οτψχορυ → νῦν, unidentified vox.
B: Letters and characteres in six lines.
C: Inscription around the edge, beginning to the left of the figure's shoulder: αολιορλυνκυγχυχντχυχυν → variant of λυκυξυχυχν - νχυχυξυκυλ palindrome, including λυκυγξ (E. Zwierlein-Diehl).
Bibliography
Zwierlein-Diehl, Köln on CBd-1941
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CBd-1941. 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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