Magical gem: Animal-headed figure with crown (A) Greek inscription (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2157
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_9843
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9843
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 206; Michel, DMG, no. 36.5_7
Former Collections:
Berlin, Antiquarium
Material:
chalcedony, blue to black
Dimensions:
23.5 x 20 x 5.5 mm
Dating:
post-antique (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
figure, jackal-headed?; wreath; moon, crescent; star; stars (4); cross
Divine Names & Voces:
Βαρβαριώθ and variants
A: Standing naked figure with animal (jackal or Philipp: pig) head, to left. In his right hand a wreath, in his left a palm branch. To the left of the head, a crescent open to top, to the right, a seven-pointed star. Below the right hand, cross-like diagonals with six-pointed stars at the ends.
B: Greek inscription in two lines: βαρ|βαρια.
Post-antique.
Identical with CBd-2937?
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2157
Michel, DMG, 36.5_7.
B: Greek inscription in two lines: βαρ|βαρια.
Post-antique.
Identical with CBd-2937?
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2157
Michel, DMG, 36.5_7.
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CBd-2157. 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/2157 on 02-06-2023.
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