Drawing of a magical gem: Anguipes (A) Greek inscription (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2741
ID-Number:
Wu_Ex Chifletius–Macarius_II 13
Collection:
Int_Whereabouts unknown
Inventory:
Chifletius–Macarius_II 13
References:
Chifletius–Macarius, no. III 13; Mastrocinque, SGG I, 289, no. 235
Former Collections:
Schinkel, Johan (Johannes Schinkelius)
Material:
jasper, green and red
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; clothing: tunic; clothing: mantle; weapon: shield, with Ἰάω; whip
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἰάω; voces, unidentified
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in tunic and mantle, head to left. Right hand hid behind an oval shield, left hand holding a whip. Letters on the shield, clockwise: ι|αω → Ἰάω, and below the figure: letters and characteres.
B: Inscription in nine lines: letters and characteres.
C: Inscribed around the edge: letters and characteres.
Bibliography
Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas, II 13
SGG I, no. 235 (with earlier literature)
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CBd-2741. 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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