Amulet(?) gem: Bust of Sarapis
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2229
ID-Number:
IT-Roma-MNR_61618
Collection:
IT_Roma, Museo Nazionale Romano, Medagliere
Inventory:
61618
References:
Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Ro 6
Material:
carnelian, red to brown
Dimensions:
14.9 x 10.4 x 3.9 mm
Iconography:
Sarapis; bust; calathus; star; moon, crescent; globus
Place of discovery:
Asia Minor
Upright oval gem with trapezoid section, edge diagonally cut. Damaged area in the upper edge.
Allegedly from Asia Minor.
A: Bust of Sarapis in profile to left, head crowned with a calathus. Below the bust, a globe and a stick (or a torch?) on a base. In front of the bust, an eight-pointed star, behind, a crescent open to top.
B: Plain.
(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, 132, Ro 6.
Allegedly from Asia Minor.
A: Bust of Sarapis in profile to left, head crowned with a calathus. Below the bust, a globe and a stick (or a torch?) on a base. In front of the bust, an eight-pointed star, behind, a crescent open to top.
B: Plain.
(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, 132, Ro 6.
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CBd-2229. 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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