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A: Skeleton driving a biga drawn by two lions. Right hand holding a whip, left hand holding the reins. The lions trample over another skeleton lying on the ground, feet stretched out, arms beside the body. On the right, a further skeleton is standing or sitting(?). Inscriptions in the free field, on the biga and on one skeleton. Above the biga, in four lines: ανιθουερριθουηροι|ειφενεεχαννεβι|νεχειμεχελ|αμθιι → unidentified voces; χειμεχελαμ → variant of σεμεσειλαμ? In the free field behind the biga, in two lines (vertically): βαθθη|θμυωθενρ. On the biga (vertically): φνθε|αμουν; on the left wheel (vertically): ωα; on the right wheel: ια|υι|α. Under the bellys of the lions, in three lines: ερφ|μισηε|μ characteres. Under the lying skeleton, in two lines: ιφωσιννεμ|ερθ. Between the lions and the skeleton on the right side, in two lines (vertically): ουνορ|ιυα. Under the claws of the lions, in two lines: ιν|θ. On the standing(?) skeleton, in seven lines: εν|π|ε|σεχ|νμ||νε|φιχ; under its legs: υλουχ?]. On the right side, in the free field (vertically): ιθουμνοσ?].
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2141
Michel, DMG, 55.7_1.
Images
Cast of CBd-2141 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
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