Magical gem: Baboon (A) Greek inscription (A-B)
Download PDF
CBd-Number:
CBd-2102
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_12380
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
12380
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 147; Michel, DMG, no. 42.2.b_1
Former Collections:
Stosch, Philipp von, Collection
Material:
chrysoprase (green)
Dimensions:
12.5 x 10 x 7 mm
Dating:
turn of the 1st–2nd c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
animal: cynocephalus; gesture, ithyphallic; solar disk
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἰάω
A: Ithyphallic baboon seated to left, crowned with the solar disk. Letters to the left and right of the figure: ια.
B: ω → Ἰάω.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2102
Michel, DMG, 42.2.b_1.
Images
Cast of CBd-2102 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
B: ω → Ἰάω.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2102
Michel, DMG, 42.2.b_1.
Images
Cast of CBd-2102 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
Last modified: 2015-06-18 14:01:52
Link:cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/2102
CITE THIS PAGE
CBd-2102. 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/2102 on 09-03-2025.
Zoom
