Talismans - Magical gem in modern silvered gold ring: Pantheos

Magical gem in modern silvered gold ring: Pantheos

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CBd-Number:

CBd-2134

ID-Number:

DE-Berlin-Aeg_9802

Collection:

DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum

Inventory:

9802

References:

Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 179; Michel, DMG, no. 41.1_30

Former Collections:

Stosch, Philipp von, Collection

Material:

glass, yellow

Dimensions:

13 x 11 mm

Dating:

turn of the 3rd–4th c. AD (H. Philipp)

Iconography:

cartouche; scepter, was (3); gesture, ithyphallic; tufts on the knees (animal protomes); tail of crocodile; tail of bird; protomes of animals (3-3); Pantheos; Ouroboros; flail; feet, in the shape of jackal's heads; crown, atef; weapon: knives (4)

Divine Names & Voces:

voces, unidentified

A: Four-winged Pantheos striding left on an Ouroboros cartouche. Head, to front, with three animal protomes on each side, and an atef-crown on top. 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 an was-scepter and two knives on each side. The lower right arm holds an was-scepter, the left one holds a flail. Ithyphallic, a bird’s tail and a crocodile’s tail are attached to the body from the right, feet in the shape of jackal’s heads face right, knees are thickened to imitate animal protomes. Ouroboros cartouche, head at the bottom, enclosing an inscription in two lines, in mirror writing: τεειχεχ|νπ?]ι?]οιε.

Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2134
Michel, DMG, 41.1_30.

Images
Cast of CBd-2134 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library

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CBd-2134. 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/2134 on 27-07-2024.