Magical gem: Isis? (A) figure with snake (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2329
ID-Number:
US-Malibu-Getty_80.AN.132.1
Collection:
US_Malibu, J. Paul Getty Museum
Inventory:
80.AN.132.1
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 30.3.b_3
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
width: 25 mm
Iconography:
Isis?; snake; solar disk?; crown?; figure, male
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified
Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Dark green and red jasper. The lower part of the gem is broken off and missing, surface chipped.
A: Upper part of a figure standing to right with winged arms (Isis?), disk on head. Around, uncertain letters.
B: Upper part of a figure standing to right, indistinct crown on the head, snake coiled around the shoulders. Around, uncertain letters.
C: Around the edge: αναθ.
/Description: Jeffrey Spier – CBd/
Bibliography
Michel, DMG, 30.3.b_3.
The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection Online on CBd-2329
A: Upper part of a figure standing to right with winged arms (Isis?), disk on head. Around, uncertain letters.
B: Upper part of a figure standing to right, indistinct crown on the head, snake coiled around the shoulders. Around, uncertain letters.
C: Around the edge: αναθ.
/Description: Jeffrey Spier – CBd/
Bibliography
Michel, DMG, 30.3.b_3.
The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection Online on CBd-2329
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CBd-2329. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy.
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