Magical gem: Voces? (A, C) crescent with stars (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2226
ID-Number:
IT-Roma-MNR_78769
Collection:
IT_Roma, Museo Nazionale Romano, Medagliere
Inventory:
78769 (sic!)
References:
Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Ro 3
Material:
jasper, green to black
Dimensions:
14.7 x 10.2 x 3.2 mm
Iconography:
moon, crescent; stars (7); figure, unidentified
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified
Transverse oval gem with trapezoid (almost rectangular) section, edge rounded. Obverse slightly convex.
A: Three lines of illegible inscription (A. Mastrocinque: Indistinct figure – Osiris?).
B: Crescent open to top, with seven stars around it.
C: Letters and characteres around the edge (A. Mastrocinque: χυιι character εiuοωο character οφι character ιιηα).
(Description: Chiara Ciampi – CBd. Alterations from A. Mastrocinque in SGG are based on close observation of the gem by Chiara Ciampi and Á. M. Nagy, 2015-2016).
Bibliography
SGG II, 131-132, Ro 3.
A: Three lines of illegible inscription (A. Mastrocinque: Indistinct figure – Osiris?).
B: Crescent open to top, with seven stars around it.
C: Letters and characteres around the edge (A. Mastrocinque: χυιι character εiuοωο character οφι character ιιηα).
(Description: Chiara Ciampi – CBd. Alterations from A. Mastrocinque in SGG are based on close observation of the gem by Chiara Ciampi and Á. M. Nagy, 2015-2016).
Bibliography
SGG II, 131-132, Ro 3.
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CBd-2226. 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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