Drawing of a magical gem: Anguipes (A) Greek inscription (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2742
ID-Number:
Wu_Ex Chifletius–Macarius_III 14
Collection:
Int_Whereabouts unknown
Inventory:
Chifletius–Macarius_III 14
References:
Chifletius–Macarius, no. III 14; Mastrocinque, SGG I, 293, no. 243.
Former Collections:
Pignoria, Lorenzo (Laurentius Pignorius, Padova 1571–1631)
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; weapon: armour; weapon: shield, with Ἰάω; whip
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified; Ἰάω, variants
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to left. Left hand raised high and holding a whip, right hand hid behind an oval shield, inscribed with ια|ω → Ἰάω.
B: Inscription in five lines: ταλαIαραιω|ωαρλορο|ντοκο|νβαι → unidentified voces, including variant of Ἰάω.
Drawn after an impression. For a gem that may have benn designed after this drawing, see CBd-1373 in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. See also a gem in the British Museum with a similar inscription: CBd-380.
Bibliography
Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas, III 14
SGG I, no. 243 (with earlier literature)
B: Inscription in five lines: ταλαIαραιω|ωαρλορο|ντοκο|νβαι → unidentified voces, including variant of Ἰάω.
Drawn after an impression. For a gem that may have benn designed after this drawing, see CBd-1373 in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. See also a gem in the British Museum with a similar inscription: CBd-380.
Bibliography
Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas, III 14
SGG I, no. 243 (with earlier literature)
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CBd-2742. 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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