Magical(?) gem: Deer-headed figure in armour
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2248
ID-Number:
IT-Roma-MNR_78776
Collection:
IT_Roma, Museo Nazionale Romano, Medagliere
Inventory:
78776
References:
Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Ro 26
Former Collections:
Castellani Collection
Material:
chalcedony, white to brown/grey
Dimensions:
16.6 x 13.4 x 2.7 mm
Dating:
post-antique
Iconography:
figure, deer-headed; weapon: armour; weapon: spear; base; weapon: mace; basin?
Upright oval gem with trapezoid section, edge diagonally cut, both faces flat.
A: Deer-headed figure (Actaeon?) in armour, standing to left. Right hand extended towards a basin(?) and holding a mace, left hand leaning on a spear. The basin is placed on a high stand, with three notches above it.
B: Plain.
Post-antique.
(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, 139, Ro 26.
A: Deer-headed figure (Actaeon?) in armour, standing to left. Right hand extended towards a basin(?) and holding a mace, left hand leaning on a spear. The basin is placed on a high stand, with three notches above it.
B: Plain.
Post-antique.
(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, 139, Ro 26.
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CBd-2248. 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/2248 on 30-09-2023.
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