Magical gem: Chnoubis (A) letters and Chnoubis-sign (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-236
ID-Number:
US-Boston, MFA_52.534
Collection:
US_Boston, Museum of Fine Arts
Inventory:
52.534
References:
Bonner 1954, no. 35; Michel, DMG, no. 11.2.b_31
Former Collections:
Perkins, Charles B., Collection
Material:
nephrite (green to grey)
Dimensions:
17 x 13.5 mm (MFA)
Dating:
middle of the 2nd–3rd c. AD (MFA)
Iconography:
Chnoubis, lion-headed; rays (7); rays, double; nimbus; snake, lion-headed; Chnoubis-sign
Divine Names & Voces:
Χνουμίς
A: Lion-headed Chnoubis, with head in profile to left and surrounded with a nimbus and seven double rays. The snake's tail makes a double loop. Inscription beneath Chnoubis in two lines: χμου|μισ → Χμουμίς (variant of Χνουμίς).
B: Greek letters: ζμχ. Beneath: Chnoubis-sign.
B: Greek letters: ζμχ. Beneath: Chnoubis-sign.
Bibliography
Bonner 1954, 149, no. 35.
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/oval-gem-with-chnoubis-255703" target="_blank">The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston website on CBd-236
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CBd-236. 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/236 on 09-03-2025.
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