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Magical gem (electrotype): Cock-headed Anguipes (A) Greek inscription (B)
CBd-Number:
CBd-2161
ID-Number:
CH-MAH, Geneva_12332
Collection:
CH_Geneva, Musée d'art et d'histoire
Inventory:
12332
Material:
copper (?) elecrotype
Dimensions:
19 x 16 x 3 mm
Dating:
19th–20th c.(?) (MAH)
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; weapon: shield; weapon: armour; star
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, facing left; right hand holding an oval shield, left arm raised and bent downwards in elbow. A six-pointed star below the figure.
B: Inscription in twelve lines: λρβλθειλι[- - -]|[..]λωλιουχ|λλνειιοου[.]γ[- - -]|ωιλημχχελ[- - -]|ιχλβερλνισρι[- - -]||[- - -]ιησιλωδ[- - -]|[- - -]χιδνλβιλ[- - -]|[- - -]βιλζιυλ[- - -]|[- - -]ανληιυλ[- - -]|[- - -]ζωνλιυμ[- - -]||[- - -]νυνυνυι|ιινυλνυλωυ → unidentified voces.

Bibliography
Unpublished.
Magical gems in the Musée d'art et d'histoire, Geneva are being studied by M. Depowska, Fribourg.
 
Last modified: 2014-11-02 15:28:02
Link:cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/2161
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CBd-2161. 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/2161 on 10-02-2025.

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