Magical gem: Anguipes (A) obelisk (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2114
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_9852
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9852
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 159; Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.3.g_1
Former Collections:
Stosch, Philipp von, Collection
Material:
jasper, green to black
Dimensions:
22 x 18 x 5 mm
Dating:
turn of the 2nd–3rd c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; weapon: armour; weapon: shield, with Ἰάω; whip; obelisk
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβρασάξ; Ἰάω; Σαβαώθ; Ἀδωναΐ, variants
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to right. Right hand raised and holding a whip, left hand holding a shield, inscribed with ιλη|ιεη|ιηη|ιηιη → vocales including a consonant (λ); Inscription below the figure in three lines: ιαωαβρασαξ|σαβαωθ|αδων character οσ → Ἰάω, Ἀβρασάξ, Σαβαώθ, variant of Ἀδωναΐ, character.
B: Obelisk inscribed in two columns: ηι ω|ω αι|αι ω → vocales.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2114
Michel, DMG, 3.A.3.g_1.
Images
Cast of CBd-2114 obverse and reverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
B: Obelisk inscribed in two columns: ηι ω|ω αι|αι ω → vocales.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2114
Michel, DMG, 3.A.3.g_1.
Images
Cast of CBd-2114 obverse and reverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
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CBd-2114. 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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