Magical gem: Lion-headed figure with snake (A) Chnoubis-sign (B) voces (C)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-220
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_9926
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9926
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 137; Michel, DMG, no. 37.B.1.f_3
Former Collections:
Berlin, Antiquarium
Material:
chrysoprase (green)
Dimensions:
10.5 x 9 x 4.5 mm
Dating:
turn of the 1st–2nd c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
snake; rays (7); figure, lion-headed; Chnoubis-sign; clothing: kilt; hieroglyph, ankh?
Divine Names & Voces:
Χνουβίς?; Χνουμίς?
A: A lion-headed figure (Helioros) wearing a kilt and crowned with seven rays, standing to left. His left hand holds an ankh-sign (?) (Philipp: situla?), his right hand holding an unpright snake also crowned with seven rays.
B: Chnoubis-sign.
C: Inscription around the edge: χνου η πιλαμυτ φιησ → voces includig Χνου<βίς> or Χνου<μίς>?
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-220
Michel, DMG, 37.B.1.f_3.
B: Chnoubis-sign.
C: Inscription around the edge: χνου η πιλαμυτ φιησ → voces includig Χνου<βίς> or Χνου<μίς>?
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-220
Michel, DMG, 37.B.1.f_3.
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CBd-220. 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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