Amulet(?) gem: Zeus
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1989
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_4993
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
4993
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 13
Former Collections:
Passalacqua Collection
Material:
chalcedony, white to brown/grey
Dimensions:
12 x 9.5 x 3 mm
Dating:
turn of the 2nd–3rd c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
Zeus; vessel: patera?; wreath; scepter, unspecified; bird: eagle?
A: Bearded Zeus, nude and wearing a wreath, standing to right. Right hand raised high and supporting a scepter, left hand stretched forward and holding a patera or globe (?). At his feet, an eagle (?).
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-1989
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-1989
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CBd-1989. 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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Notes from Philipp, Mira et Magica