Magical gem: Anguipes
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2201
ID-Number:
IT-Napoli-MAN_27131/1270
Collection:
IT_Napoli, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Inventory:
27131/1270
References:
Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Na 14; Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.4.a_10
Material:
agate, brown and white
Dimensions:
19.6 x 15.8 x 5.2 mm (Nagy)
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; wreath; ribbon; weapon: armour; crown, unspecified; whip?
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified
A: Frontal view of cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to left, crowned. Left hand raised high and holding a staff with four elements on the top (misunderstood whip?), right hand holding a wreath with taenia. Inscription on the sides of the body: ανα; below the figure, ηλαν.
B: Plain
Post-antique.
Bibliography
[Michel, DMG(1058), 3.A.4.a_10
SGG II 89, Na 14.
B: Plain
Post-antique.
Bibliography
[Michel, DMG(1058), 3.A.4.a_10
SGG II 89, Na 14.
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CBd-2201. 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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