Magical gem in a modern gold ring: Hermes-Thoth (A) Greek inscription (B-C)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2013
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_12387
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
12387
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 37; Michel, DMG, no. 24.2_4
Former Collections:
Berlin, Antiquarium
Material:
jasper, green to black
Dimensions:
18 x 14 x 3.5 mm
Dating:
turn of the 1st–2nd c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
crook; clothing: mantle; kerykeion; Hermes; shoes, winged; headdress
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified
A: Hermes-Thoth standing to left, wearing a mantle thrown over his shoulder and left arm, and winged boots. In his left hand a kerykeion, in his right hand a crook. He is wearing a lotus diadem on his head.
B: Inscription in six lines: αστρομανδανησιαβοκχοθενωρ.
C: Inscription: αωρωρωριω → unidentified voces.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2013
Michel, DMG, 24.2_4.
B: Inscription in six lines: αστρομανδανησιαβοκχοθενωρ.
C: Inscription: αωρωρωριω → unidentified voces.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2013
Michel, DMG, 24.2_4.
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CBd-2013. 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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