Magical gem: standing female, νιχαροπληξ (A) ορωριφρασισ (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2337
ID-Number:
US-Malibu-Getty_82.AN.162.79
Collection:
US_Malibu, J. Paul Getty Museum
Inventory:
82.AN.162.79
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 30.6.f_7
Material:
magnetite (black)
Dimensions:
14.7 x 11.6 mm
Iconography:
clothing: garment; object, unidentified; plant: branch; Aphrodite?; clothing: mantle
Divine Names & Voces:
αρρωριφρασις and variants; νιχαρωπληξ and variants
Description: Side A upright oval, side B transverse oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Magnetite. Intact, with small chips along the edge.
A: Standing draped female (Aphrodite?) to right, holding a branch in her left hand and a round object (an apple?) in her raised right hand. Inscription behind and in front of the figure: νιχαρο|πληξ → νιχαροπληξ, variant of the vox νιχαρωπληξ.
B: Inscription in two lines: ορωρι|φρασισ → ορωριφρασισ, variant of the vox αρρωριφρασις.
/Description: Jeffrey Spier – CBd/
Bibliography
Michel, DMG, 30.6.f_7.
The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection Online on CBd-2337
A: Standing draped female (Aphrodite?) to right, holding a branch in her left hand and a round object (an apple?) in her raised right hand. Inscription behind and in front of the figure: νιχαρο|πληξ → νιχαροπληξ, variant of the vox νιχαρωπληξ.
B: Inscription in two lines: ορωρι|φρασισ → ορωριφρασισ, variant of the vox αρρωριφρασις.
/Description: Jeffrey Spier – CBd/
Bibliography
Michel, DMG, 30.6.f_7.
The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection Online on CBd-2337
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CBd-2337. 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/2337 on 27-05-2022.
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