Drawing of a magical gem: Anguipes, with figure above
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2749
ID-Number:
Wu_Ex Chifletius–Macarius_XXIII 97
Collection:
Int_Whereabouts unknown
Inventory:
Chifletius–Macarius_XXIII 97
References:
Chifletius–Macarius, no. XXIII 97
Former Collections:
Le Cointe, Thomas
Material:
jasper (colour unspecified)
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; weapon: armour; weapon: helmet; weapon: shield; whip; figure, male; globus; weapon: spear; clothing: kilt/pteryges?
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to right. Right hand raised and holding a whip, left hand hid behind a shield. Above the Anguipes, the figure of a man standing in three quarter view to left, wearing a short kilt (?) and a helmet. His left hand holds a globe, his right hand holds a spear. Inscription around the figures, in two concentric lines. Outer circle (reading from bottom to top): ωαλεr ιυμυβλυι → unknown voces; inner circle (from top to bottom): ευι ιαμ → unknown voces.
B: No information available.
Post-antique.
For a gem that may have been designed after this piece, see AGD 1,3 MÜNCHEN 119f. Taf. 278, 2902: n.l.
Bibliography
Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas, XXIII 97
B: No information available.
Post-antique.
For a gem that may have been designed after this piece, see AGD 1,3 MÜNCHEN 119f. Taf. 278, 2902: n.l.
Bibliography
Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas, XXIII 97
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CBd-2749. 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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