Talismans - Magical gem in modern gold ring: Anguipes

Magical gem in modern gold ring: Anguipes

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CBd-Number:

CBd-2123

ID-Number:

DE-Berlin-Aeg_9860

Collection:

DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum

Inventory:

9860

References:

Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 168; Michel, DMG, no. 3.B_1

Former Collections:

Brandenburg, old Electoral Collection

Material:

plasma (green)

Dimensions:

12 x 10.5 x 3 mm

Dating:

turn of the 2nd–3rd c. AD (H. Philipp)

Iconography:

weapon: armour; weapon: shield; Anguipes, mammal-headed; weapon: mace?

A: Frontal view of an animal-headed (donkey or jackal?) Anguipes in armour, head to right. Right hand raised high and holding a shield, left hand holding a scepter or mace.
B: Hidden.

Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2123
Michel, DMG, 3.B_1.

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CBd-2123. 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/2123 on 09-03-2025.

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Credits by Margarete Büsing

Notes from Philipp, Mira et Magica