Magical gem in a modern gold ring: Pantheos (A) Ἀβρασάξ (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2132
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_9801
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9801
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 177; Michel, DMG, no. 41.1.c_13
Former Collections:
Stosch, Philipp von, Collection
Material:
plasma (green)
Dimensions:
17 x 13 x 3 mm
Dating:
2nd c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
Bes, face of; tail of crocodile; tail of bird; snake; scepters (3); scepter, was (2); scepter, unspecified; cartouche; Pantheos; Ouroboros; flail; feet, in the shape of jackal's heads; crown, atef; bird, unspecified; scorpion?
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβρασάξ
A: Four-winged Bes-Pantheos striding right on an Ouroboros cartouche enclosing animals: in the centre a bird, to the right a scorpion. Head to front, topped with the atef-crown. The deity has two pairs of arms: the upper arms – in line with the top of the upper wings and almost at the height of the neck – are stretched to the sides and hold two was-scepters. The lower right arm holds a flail, left one holds a scepter. A bird’s tail and a crocodile’s tail are attached to the body from the left, feet in the shape of jackal’s heads face right.
B: Inscription in two lines: αβρα|σαξ → Ἀβρασάξ.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2132
Michel, DMG, 41.1.c_13.
Images
Cast of CBd-2132 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
B: Inscription in two lines: αβρα|σαξ → Ἀβρασάξ.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2132
Michel, DMG, 41.1.c_13.
Images
Cast of CBd-2132 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
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CBd-2132. 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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