Magical gem: Ouroboros enclosing characteres and inscription (A) characteres (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2145
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_10999
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
10999
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 193; Michel, DMG, no. 28.15_1
Former Collections:
Taggiasco, C., Collection
Material:
agate, red to brown
Dimensions:
19 x 18 x 5 mm
Dating:
turn of the 2nd and 3rd c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
Ouroboros
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified; σεμεσειλαμ and variants
A: Ouroboros, with head at top, to left, enclosing six lines of characteres. Outside the Ouroboros, fragment of a Greek inscription: σ?]εμε[. ...]μ?]ωνσ?]ε?]λ?][---] (H. Philipp) → perhaps the vox σεμεσειλαμ? and the fragment of an unidentified vox
B: Characteres.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2145
Michel, DMG, 28.15_1.
B: Characteres.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2145
Michel, DMG, 28.15_1.
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CBd-2145. 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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