Talismans - Magical gem: Anguipes (A) Greek inscription (B)

Magical gem: Anguipes (A) Greek inscription (B)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-2180

ID-Number:

US-AA-SCL_Bonner E

Collection:

US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library

Inventory:

SCL-Bonner E

References:

Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.1.m_5

Material:

jasper, green and red

Iconography:

Anguipes, cock-headed; weapon: armour; weapon: shield; whip

Divine Names & Voces:

voces, unidentified; vocales; vocales, triads of; vocales, αεηιουω

A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to right, right hand raised and holding a whip, left hand holding a round shield, half hid behind the body. Inscribed in two lines to the left of the body: ουω|ηιηω; below the snake-legs: ιηειηηασζ. Letters also on and around the shield.
B: Inscribed in seven lines and continued on the edge: εειωαιιηι|ηιηιηηιωιυυυυ|οωνααιουεστιηι|ηιηιηιαιηανωιιωαα|απαιφθαφωζααεε|ηηηιιιιοοοοου|υυυυυ
C: ωωωωωωω → εει ωαι ιηι | ηιη ιηη ιωι υυυυ| ὁ ὤν ααι ουεστ ιηι | ηιη ιηι αιη ανω ιιω αα|α παιφθαφωζα α εε | ηηη ιιιι οοοοο υ|υυυυυ. (Triads of vocales, ὁ ὤν, Triads of vocales, unidentified voces, the Greek vowel series in pterygoma form.)

Bibliography
Unpublished.

Images
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/slideE.JPEG" target="_blank">Image of A in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/Erev.JPEG" target="_blank">Image of B in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library

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CBd-2180. 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/2180 on 09-03-2025.