Magical gem in modern silver ring: Three ram-headed figures with Greek inscription
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2112
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_9805
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9805
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 157; Michel, DMG, no. 56.1.b_5
Former Collections:
Stosch, Philipp von, Collection
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
17.3 x 14.5 x 3 mm
Dating:
turn of the 2nd–3rd c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
clothing: kilt; figures, ram-headed (3)
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβρασάξ
A: Three ram-headed figures standing to left, wearing kilts. The central figure raises his outspread arms and touches the shoulders of the two others. Below the figures, inscription: αβρασαξ → Ἀβρασάξ.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2112
Michel, DMG, 56.1.b_5.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2112
Michel, DMG, 56.1.b_5.
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CBd-2112. 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/2112 on 09-03-2025.
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