Magical gem: Anguipes (A) crescent and stars with Sarapis(?)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2121
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_10233
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
10233
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 166; Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.3.i_5
Former Collections:
Grün, E. Collection
Material:
chalcedony, white to brown/grey
Dimensions:
30 x 25 x 13 mm
Dating:
3rd c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; stars (7); scepter, unspecified; scorpion; clothing: mantle; Sarapis?; throne; whip; weapon: shield, with Ἰάω; weapon: armour; moon, crescent
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἰάω
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to right. Right hand raised high and holding a whip, left hand holding a shield, antilabe visible; a mantle hanging behind the shoulder. Inscription below the figure: ιαω → Ἰάω.
B: Seven eight-pointed stars placed around a crescent, open to top. Above, figure seated on a throne, to right (Sarapis?). Right hand stretched forward and holding a scorpion by the tail, left hand supporting a tall sceptre.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2121
Michel, DMG, 3.A.3.i_5.
B: Seven eight-pointed stars placed around a crescent, open to top. Above, figure seated on a throne, to right (Sarapis?). Right hand stretched forward and holding a scorpion by the tail, left hand supporting a tall sceptre.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2121
Michel, DMG, 3.A.3.i_5.
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CBd-2121. 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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