Magical gem: Pantheos (A) characteres (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2236
ID-Number:
IT-Roma-MNR_78765
Collection:
IT_Roma, Museo Nazionale Romano, Medagliere
Inventory:
78765
References:
Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Ro 13
Former Collections:
Castellani Collection (?)
Material:
jasper, green to black
Dimensions:
19.7 x 13.7 x 4.2 mm
Iconography:
Bes, face of; gesture, ithyphallic?; uraeus; uraei (2); horns, of ram; crown, atef; scepter, unspecified; protomes of animals (2-2); weapon: spear?; tail of crocodile; tufts on the knees (animal protomes); Pantheos; Ouroboros; crown, unspecified; cartouche; feet, in the shape of jackal's heads
Obverse upright, reverse transverse oval, with trapezoid section, edge diagonally cut.
A: Four-winged Pantheos striding to right on an Ouroboros cartouche. Head crowned with the atef (complete with ram's horns and uraei) and surrounded by animal protomes, a crocodile tail projects from the hips, knees are thickened to imitate animal (snake and lion) protomes. Ithyphallic? Scepters in the arms and behind the wings.
B: Characteres in two lines.
(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 I, 75, fig. 19.
SGG II, 134, Ro 13.
A: Four-winged Pantheos striding to right on an Ouroboros cartouche. Head crowned with the atef (complete with ram's horns and uraei) and surrounded by animal protomes, a crocodile tail projects from the hips, knees are thickened to imitate animal (snake and lion) protomes. Ithyphallic? Scepters in the arms and behind the wings.
B: Characteres in two lines.
(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 I, 75, fig. 19.
SGG II, 134, Ro 13.
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CBd-2236. 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/2236 on 19-04-2025.
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