Magical gem: Pantheos on Ouroboros
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2369
ID-Number:
US-Malibu-Getty_84.AN.1.82
Collection:
US_Malibu, J. Paul Getty Museum
Inventory:
84.AN.1.82
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 41.1.c_7
Former Collections:
Mezzacappa, Damon (1936–2015) New York
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
14 x 11 mm
Iconography:
Ouroboros; Pantheos; gesture, ithyphallic?; tail of bird; scepters (4); protomes of animals; crown, unspecified; scepter, was
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἰάω
Description: Upright oval, side A flat. Shape 8. Green and red jasper. Intact.
A: Four-winged Pantheos, crowned(?), standing to front, feet to left, on an Ouroboros cartouche. Behind the wings and in the arms four tall was-scepters. A bird’s tail is attached to the body from the right. Ithyphallic? Inscription inside the Ouroboros: ιαω → Ἰάω.
B: Plain.
/Description: Jeffrey Spier – CBd/
Bibliography
Michel, DMG, 317, 41.1.c_7.
The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection Online on CBd-2369
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CBd-2369. 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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