Magical gem mounted in a modern silver ring: Bust of Sarapis
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2031
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_9834
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9834
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 55; Michel, DMG, no. 45.3.a_2
Former Collections:
Stosch, Philipp von, Collection
Material:
jasper, red
Dimensions:
11 x 9 x 3 mm
Dating:
turn of the 1st–2nd c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
clothing, unspecified; modius; Sarapis
Divine Names & Voces:
Ζεύς; Σάραπις
A: Bust of Sarapis in profile to left, with calathus on the head. Inscription around, εισζευσ|σεραπισ → εἷς Ζεὺς Σέραπις-acclamation. 'One is Zeus and Sarapis'.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2031
Michel, DMG, 45.3.a_2.
Images
Cast of CBd-2031 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2031
Michel, DMG, 45.3.a_2.
Images
Cast of CBd-2031 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
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CBd-2031. 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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