Amulet(?) gem: Bust of Sarapis
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2227
ID-Number:
IT-Roma-MNR_78719
Collection:
IT_Roma, Museo Nazionale Romano, Medagliere
Inventory:
78719
References:
Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Ro 4
Material:
nicolo (blue and black)
Dimensions:
18.5 x 14.5 x 3.3 mm
Iconography:
Sarapis; calathus; bust; base
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified
Upright oval gem, both faces flat, hexagonal section.
A: Bust of Sarapis in profile, to left, with calathus on the head. Below the bust, a globe and a stick on a base.
Latin letters on the left: S IMP; on the right: DTS. Dots of division preceding the letters I and the D.
B: Plain.
C: Around the edge, a row of several miniature arc-like notches.
(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).
Bibliograpy
SGG II, 132, Ro 4.
A: Bust of Sarapis in profile, to left, with calathus on the head. Below the bust, a globe and a stick on a base.
Latin letters on the left: S IMP; on the right: DTS. Dots of division preceding the letters I and the D.
B: Plain.
C: Around the edge, a row of several miniature arc-like notches.
(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).
Bibliograpy
SGG II, 132, Ro 4.
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CBd-2227. 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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