Amulet(?) gem: Sanctuary with deities (?)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1996
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg-9831
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9831
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 20
Former Collections:
Stosch, Philipp von, Collection
Material:
glass, blue
Dimensions:
14 x 11.1 x 3 mm
Dating:
18th century? (Philipp)
Iconography:
figures, unidentified (2); throne; objects, unidentified (2); griffin; temple
A: Temple with four columns, its tympanon decorated with a winged griffin in profile to left. Within the edifice two female (?) figures seated on thrones, facing and reaching towards each other, holding unidentified objects.
B: Plain.
18th century glass copy of a 1st-2nd century original.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-1996
Images
Cast of CBd-1996 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
B: Plain.
18th century glass copy of a 1st-2nd century original.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-1996
Images
Cast of CBd-1996 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
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CBd-1996. 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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