Magical gem: Kronos (A) Greek text (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2327
ID-Number:
US-Malibu-Getty_80.AN.24
Collection:
US_Malibu, J. Paul Getty Museum
Inventory:
80.AN.24
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 35.1.a_1
Material:
jasper, yellow
Dimensions:
16 x 12 mm
Iconography:
moon, crescent; weapon: harpe; solar disk; clothing: garment; clothing: headcloth; star; Kronos; animal: crocodile
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἰάω; Σαβαώθ; Ἀδωναΐ
Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Yellow jasper.
A: Kronos, with head covered and crowned with the solar disk, stands left, holding a harpe in his left hand and a small crocodile in his right hand. To the left, an eight-pointed star, to the right, a crescent.
B: Inscription in five lines: ιαω|σαβαωθ|αδωναι|οιτρεισ|οιμεγαλοι (the last two letters written on the edge). ’Ιάω ΣαβαώΘ ’Αδωναΐ οἱ τρεῖς οἱ μεγάλοι. 'Iao, Sabaoth, Adonai, the three great (ones)' (R.D. Kotansky).
/Description: Jeffrey Spier – CBd/
Bibliography
Kotansky 1980b
Michel, DMG, 35.1.a_1.
The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection Online on CBd-2327
A: Kronos, with head covered and crowned with the solar disk, stands left, holding a harpe in his left hand and a small crocodile in his right hand. To the left, an eight-pointed star, to the right, a crescent.
B: Inscription in five lines: ιαω|σαβαωθ|αδωναι|οιτρεισ|οιμεγαλοι (the last two letters written on the edge). ’Ιάω ΣαβαώΘ ’Αδωναΐ οἱ τρεῖς οἱ μεγάλοι. 'Iao, Sabaoth, Adonai, the three great (ones)' (R.D. Kotansky).
/Description: Jeffrey Spier – CBd/
Bibliography
Kotansky 1980b
Michel, DMG, 35.1.a_1.
The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection Online on CBd-2327
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CBd-2327. 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/2327 on 09-03-2025.
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