Magical gem: Anguipes
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2561
ID-Number:
ES-Madrid-Prado_00032
Collection:
ES_Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado
Inventory:
00032
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dating:
post-antique? (CBd)
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; whip; weapon: shield, with Ἰάω
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἰάω; voces, unidentified
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes, nude, head to right. Right hand raised, bent in elbow, holding a whip, left hand hid behind a shield which is inscribed with the letters ιαωε|ρχβ character θ, followed by characteres → Ἰάω, unidentified voces. Both snake's feet are extended to the right.
B: Hidden.
Set in an octagonal coffer with engraving and cameos, from the collection of the Dauphin's Treasure.
Bibliography
Angulo Iñiguez 1989, 67, no. 84.
Arbeteta Mira 2001, 346–347.
B: Hidden.
Set in an octagonal coffer with engraving and cameos, from the collection of the Dauphin's Treasure.
Bibliography
Angulo Iñiguez 1989, 67, no. 84.
Arbeteta Mira 2001, 346–347.
Last modified: 2017-07-01 13:24:06
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CBd-2561. 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/2561 on 18-11-2024.
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