Magical gem: Helios (A) Greek inscription and characteres (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2011
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_11928
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
11928
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 35; Michel, DMG, no. 22.2.a_4
Former Collections:
Stosch, Philipp von, Collection
Material:
jasper, yellow
Dimensions:
15 x 12 x 3.5 mm
Dating:
turn of the 2nd–3rd c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
clothing: mantle; gesture, greeting; Helios; rays (5); whip
Divine Names & Voces:
ιψιρω and variants
A: Helios, to front, head to right, raising his left hand in a greeting gesture, in his right hand a whip. The figure wears a mantle thrown over his shoulder and his right arm. Five rays around the head.
B: Inscription: ιψπρο| characteres → variant of ιψιρω, characteres.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2011
Michel, DMG, 22.2.a_4.
Images
Cast of CBd-2011 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
B: Inscription: ιψπρο| characteres → variant of ιψιρω, characteres.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2011
Michel, DMG, 22.2.a_4.
Images
Cast of CBd-2011 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
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CBd-2011. 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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