Magical gem: Pantheos (A) figure standing on vase (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2339
ID-Number:
US-Malibu-Getty_82.AN.162.82
Collection:
US_Malibu, J. Paul Getty Museum
Inventory:
82.AN.162.82
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 9.1.b_2
Material:
agate, green to grey
Dimensions:
11 x 7 x 2 mm
Dating:
modern (J. Spier)
Iconography:
cartouche; figure, unidentified; modius; Pantheos; scepter, unspecified; tail of bird; vessels, unspecified
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβραξάς
Description: Upright oval, side A flat, side B slightly convex. Gray and brown agate. Intact.
A: Pantheos standing nude in three-quarter view to left upon a cartouche (?). Left hand lowered beside the body, right hand outstretched and holding a tall scepter. Three pairs of wings are attached at the height of the shoulders and the hips. The head is crowned with a modius, and a bird’s tail projects from the hips on the right.
A: Pantheos standing nude in three-quarter view to left upon a cartouche (?). Left hand lowered beside the body, right hand outstretched and holding a tall scepter. Three pairs of wings are attached at the height of the shoulders and the hips. The head is crowned with a modius, and a bird’s tail projects from the hips on the right.
B: Half-length bust of figure standing on a round vase, head to left. Inscription around the figure: αβρα|ξασ → Ἀβραξάς (J. Spier).
/Description: J. Spier – CBd/
Bibliography
Michel, DMG, 9.1.b_2 (as ancient)
The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection Online on CBd-2339
/Description: J. Spier – CBd/
Bibliography
Michel, DMG, 9.1.b_2 (as ancient)
The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection Online on CBd-2339
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CBd-2339. 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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