Talismans - Magical gem: Demeter (A) Voces (B)

Magical gem: Demeter (A) Voces (B)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-206

ID-Number:

DE-Berlin-Aeg_9783

Collection:

DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum

Inventory:

9783

References:

Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 45; Michel, DMG, no. 12.2

Former Collections:

Brandenburg, old Electoral Collection

Material:

jasper, yellow

Dimensions:

16 x 13 x 3.5 mm

Dating:

1st c. AD (H. Philipp)

Iconography:

Demeter; modius; clothing: mantle; torch, burning; plant: stalk of grain

Divine Names & Voces:

voces, unidentified

A: Demeter standing in three-quarter view to left, wearing a long mantle. Right hand holding stalk of grain, raised left hand holding a scepter-like tall, burning torch. Head crowned with modius.

B: Inscribed in two lines: σαρου|χοννω → unidentified voces.

Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-206

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CBd-206. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy. Retrieved from: cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/206 on 09-06-2023.