Magical gem: Helios in quadriga
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2009
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_10993
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
10993
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 33; Michel, DMG, no. 22.4.b_9
Material:
jasper, yellow
Dimensions:
14.5 x 11 x 3 mm
Dating:
turn of the 1st–2nd c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
Helios; quadriga; gesture, greeting; clothing: mantle; rays (5)
Divine Names & Voces:
vocales
A: Helios driving the quadriga. A crown of five rays around his head, right hand raised in greeting, his mantle flying behind his shoulders.
B: Inscription in three lines: αηικο|ηιαωυοη|ηωιαου → vocales. (Philipp: 'K' misspelled for 'Y' in the first line.)
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2009
Michel, DMG, 22.4.b_9.
B: Inscription in three lines: αηικο|ηιαωυοη|ηωιαου → vocales. (Philipp: 'K' misspelled for 'Y' in the first line.)
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2009
Michel, DMG, 22.4.b_9.
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CBd-2009. 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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