Drawing of a magical gem: Anguipes (A) bird with animal-headed figure (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2744
ID-Number:
Wu_Ex Chifletius–Macarius_IV 16
Collection:
Int_Whereabouts unknown
Inventory:
Chifletius–Macarius_IV 16
References:
Chifletius–Macarius, no. IV 16; Mastrocinque, SGG I, 292, no. 242
Former Collections:
Pignoria, Lorenzo (Laurentius Pignorius, Padova 1571–1631)
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; figure, jackal-headed?; weapon: armour; weapon: shield; whip; bird: eagle?; snake; objects, unidentified (2)
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἰάω; voces, unidentified
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to left. Both arms extended and bent in elbow, right hand holding a shield, left hand holding a whip. Inscription around the figure, starting clockwise from the right foot: ιουιουωιον nννοονωωnιου → unidentified voces including Ἰάω. Letters below the figure: ιαωληη.
B: Two figures facing each other. A bird (eagle?) on the left, facing right, with a snake to left, wrapped around its feet. A nude, animal-headed (dog or jackal?) figure stands on the right, facing the bird. Left hand extended and holding a triangle, right hand lowered beside the body as if holding a long object (but cf. a self-stimulating figure on a related gem in the Hermitage).
Bibliography
Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas, IV 16
SGG I, no. 242 (with earlier literature)
B: Two figures facing each other. A bird (eagle?) on the left, facing right, with a snake to left, wrapped around its feet. A nude, animal-headed (dog or jackal?) figure stands on the right, facing the bird. Left hand extended and holding a triangle, right hand lowered beside the body as if holding a long object (but cf. a self-stimulating figure on a related gem in the Hermitage).
Bibliography
Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas, IV 16
SGG I, no. 242 (with earlier literature)
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CBd-2744. 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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