Magical gem: Anguipes (A) letter or character (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2239
ID-Number:
IT-Roma-MNR_78767
Collection:
IT_Roma, Museo Nazionale Romano, Medagliere
Inventory:
78767
References:
Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Ro 16
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
12.8 x 11.4 x 3.3 mm
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; weapon: shield; whip
Obverse upright oval, reverse transverse oval, half-lentoid section with obverse flat, reverse convex. Edge rounded. Minor damage above the figure's head.
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes, head to left. Left hand raised and holding a whip, right hand holding a shield seen from the side.
B: Letter or character?
(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, 136, Ro 16.
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CBd-2239. 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/2239 on 30-09-2023.
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