Magical pendant: Animal-headed figure, Chnoubis (A) inscription, characteres (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1952
ID-Number:
DE-Köln-Institut für Altertumskunde_17
Collection:
DE_Köln, Institut für Altertumskunde der Universität
Inventory:
17
References:
Zwierlein-Diehl, Köln 17; Michel, DMG, no. 2.5. a_4
Former Collections:
Matouk, Fouad S. Collection
Material:
serpentine (green to black)
Dimensions:
41 x 27 x 6.3 mm
Dating:
4th c. AD ? (Zwierlein-Diehl)
Iconography:
figure, with indistinct animal head; clothing: kilt; Chnoubis, lion-headed; stars (4); gesture, greeting
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified
A: On the left: an animal-headed figure, (Zwierlein-Diehl: Anubis), standing in profile to right, left hand raised in greeting. On the right: the lion-headed Chnoubis-snake to left. Letters in the free field on the left of Anubis: λι, between and under his legs: η|λν|αιλ. Between the figures, five letters: δλζι[.]. Behind the Chnoubis-snake: ιλιξ → unidentified voces.
B: Divided by horizontal lines into six fields, inscription and characteres in nine lines, including four stars: νο|αρυενι|νυ|ευν|υ|νυνυυ|θνι[. .]ιυθ|νυουιρ|ν[.]|υινγ (after E. Zwierlein-Diehl, see Zwierlein-Diehl, Köln on CBd-1952) → unidentified voces.
Bibliography
Zwierlein-Diehl, Köln on CBd-1952
B: Divided by horizontal lines into six fields, inscription and characteres in nine lines, including four stars: νο|αρυενι|νυ|ευν|υ|νυνυυ|θνι[. .]ιυθ|νυουιρ|ν[.]|υινγ (after E. Zwierlein-Diehl, see Zwierlein-Diehl, Köln on CBd-1952) → unidentified voces.
Bibliography
Zwierlein-Diehl, Köln on CBd-1952
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CBd-1952. 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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