Magical gem: Hecate (A) characteres (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2028
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_9838
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9838
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 52; Michel, DMG, no. 21.1_6
Former Collections:
Stosch, Philipp von, Collection
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
17 x 10.5 x 3 mm
Dating:
turn of the 2nd–3rd c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
clothing: garment; Hecate; torch, burning; torches (2); weapon: daggers (2); whips (2)
Divine Names & Voces:
Βούβαστις
A: Hecate trimorph in a long garment, uppermost hands holding burning torches, middle hands holding daggers, lowermost hands holding whips. Inscription around: βουβ[.]σ[. . .] → Βούβ[α]σ[τις]. (H. Philipp)
B: Characteres.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2028
Michel, DMG, 21.1_6.
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CBd-2028. 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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