Drawing of a magical gem: Anguipes (A) Ἀβρασάξ (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2747
ID-Number:
Wu_Ex Chifletius–Macarius_XV 61
Collection:
Int_Whereabouts unknown
Inventory:
Chifletius–Macarius_XV 61
References:
Chifletius–Macarius, no. XV 61; Mastrocinque, SGG I, 282, no. 219.
Former Collections:
Pignoria, Lorenzo (Laurentius Pignorius, Padova 1571–1631)
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; weapon: armour; weapon: shield; whip
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβρασάξ; σφεον
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to left. Both arms extended and bent in elbow. Right hand holding an oval shield, left hand holding a whip. Letters around the figure, from left to right: σφεον.
B: Inscription in one line: ασαξ → ασαξ.
For a gem in the British Museum that may have been designed after this piece, see CBd-992.
Bibliography
Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas, XV 61.
SGG I, no. 219. (with earlier literature)
B: Inscription in one line: ασαξ → ασαξ.
For a gem in the British Museum that may have been designed after this piece, see CBd-992.
Bibliography
Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas, XV 61.
SGG I, no. 219. (with earlier literature)
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CBd-2747. 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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