Magical gem: Hecate (A) Greek inscription (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2027
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_9807
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9807
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 51; Michel, DMG, no. 21.1_13
Material:
chalcedony, white to brown/grey
Dimensions:
27 x 23.5 x 5 mm
Dating:
2nd c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
clothing: garment; Hecate; modii (3); torch, burning; torches (2); torch, inverted; weapon: daggers (2); whips (2)
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἰάω; Σαβαώθ; Σαβαώθ, variants; Γαβριήλ and variants
A: Hecate trimorph in peplos, heads adorned with modii, uppermost hands holding daggers, middle hands holding whips, lowermost hands holding burning torches turned down to the ground. Inscription around: ιαωσαβαωφυλαξον → Ἰάω Σαβαώ φύλαξον. 'Iaw, Sabao, protect!'
B: Inscription in five lines: characteres (a Z-sign and an eight-pointed star)|ιαω characteres|σαβα|ωθγαβ|ριηλ → characteres and Ἰάω Σαβαώθ Γαβριήλ.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2027
Michel, DMG, 21.1_13.
B: Inscription in five lines: characteres (a Z-sign and an eight-pointed star)|ιαω characteres|σαβα|ωθγαβ|ριηλ → characteres and Ἰάω Σαβαώθ Γαβριήλ.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2027
Michel, DMG, 21.1_13.
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CBd-2027. 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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