Magical gem: Cynocephalus with small orant (A) vox (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2108
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_9928
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9928
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 153; Michel, DMG, no. 36.2.a_3
Former Collections:
Berlin, Antiquarium
Material:
jasper, red
Dimensions:
9.5 x 9 x 2.5 mm
Dating:
turn of the 2nd–3rd c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
animal: cynocephalus?; figure, cynocephalus; gesture, figure in hand; gesture, ithyphallic; gesture, orant; crown, atef?; hieroglyph, sa?
Divine Names & Voces:
ηνναμαρω and variants
A: Ithyphallic cynocephalus standing in three-quarter view to left, head crowned with the atef-crown (?). Left hand lowered beside the body and holding the hieroglyph 'sa' (?), right hand stretched forward and holding a small figure (a cynocephalus?) with hands raised in adoration.
B: Inscription in three lines: μνα|μανε|ροι → variant of ηναμορω? (from the vox ηνναμαρω?) (H. Philipp - CBd)
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2108
Michel, DMG, 36.2.a_3.
B: Inscription in three lines: μνα|μανε|ροι → variant of ηναμορω? (from the vox ηνναμαρω?) (H. Philipp - CBd)
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2108
Michel, DMG, 36.2.a_3.
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CBd-2108. 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/2108 on 09-03-2025.
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