Magical (?) gem in post-antique copper ring: Anubis
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2099
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_10117
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
10117
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 144; Michel, DMG, no. 24.3.c_2; Mastrocinque, SGG I, 193, no. 74
Former Collections:
Rosen Collection (Constantinople)
Material:
agate, yellow to orange
Dimensions:
11.5 x 10 x 5 mm
Dating:
turn of the 2nd and 3rd c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
Anubis; vessel: situla; clothing: mantle
A: Jackal-headed figure (Anubis) standing to left, wearing a long garment and holding a situla in his left hand, right hand stretched forward (stone damaged).
B: Plain.
The gem may have been designed after a drawing in Chifletius–Macarius, Abrasax, see CBd-2825.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2099
Michel, DMG, 24.3.c_2.
B: Plain.
The gem may have been designed after a drawing in Chifletius–Macarius, Abrasax, see CBd-2825.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2099
Michel, DMG, 24.3.c_2.
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CBd-2099. 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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