Magical gem: Bust of Sarapis and Tyche
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2230
ID-Number:
IT-Roma-MNR_106418
Collection:
IT_Roma, Museo Nazionale Romano, Medagliere
Inventory:
106418
References:
Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Ro 7
Material:
jasper, red
Dimensions:
16 x 12.3 x 3.4 mm
Iconography:
Sarapis; Isis-Tyche; calathus; clothing: tunic; moon, crescent; star; rudder; cornucopia; clothing: mantle
Transverse oval gem, trapezoid section, edge diagonally cut, both faces flat.
A: On the left, the bust of Sarapis in profile to right, crowned with a calathus. In front of him, frontal view of Isis-Tyche, wearing a tunic and a mantle, calathus on her head. Right hand holds a steering oar, left hand a cornucopia. In the free field between the figures, at the bottom, a lying crescent with an eight-pointed star above it; at the top, letters and characteres.
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 II, 132-133, Ro 7.
A: On the left, the bust of Sarapis in profile to right, crowned with a calathus. In front of him, frontal view of Isis-Tyche, wearing a tunic and a mantle, calathus on her head. Right hand holds a steering oar, left hand a cornucopia. In the free field between the figures, at the bottom, a lying crescent with an eight-pointed star above it; at the top, letters and characteres.
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 II, 132-133, Ro 7.
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CBd-2230. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy.
Retrieved from: cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/2230 on 30-09-2023.
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