Magical gem in a modern silver ring: Pantheos
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2135
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_9848
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9848
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 180; Michel, DMG, no. 41.6.a_1
Former Collections:
Stosch, Philipp von, Collection
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
11.5 x 10 x 2.5 mm
Dating:
turn of the 2nd–3rd c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
cartouche; feet, in the shape of jackal's heads; flail; Ouroboros; Pantheos; scepter, unspecified; scepters (2); tail of bird; gesture, ithyphallic?
A: Frontal figure of Anubis-Pantheos with wings, standing on an Ouroboros cartouche enclosing inscription. Two scepters are visible on both sides of the figure, behind the wings. Ithyphallic (?), a bird's tail projects from the hips to the left, feet are in the shape of jackal's heads. Above the figure, inscription in three lines: γαυδιωπ|[.]αδπυπιων|αλληαναω → unknown voces. Inscription in the field to the left and right side of the figure: ιαωυεηωευ?]|ειωεηιηωα → unknown voces, and in the cartouche: ευχη → εὐχή, 'vow'.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2135
Michel, DMG, 41.6.a_1.
Images
Cast of CBd-2135 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
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CBd-2135. 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/2135 on 07-09-2024.
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