Drawing of a magical gem: Lion (A) Greek inscription (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2798
ID-Number:
Wu_Ex Chifletius–Macarius_VII 28
Collection:
Int_Whereabouts unknown
Inventory:
Chifletius–Macarius_VII 28
References:
Chifletius–Macarius, no. VII 28; Mastrocinque, SGG I, 381, no. 345
Former Collections:
Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Archduke (1614–1662)
Material:
jasper (colour unspecified)
Iconography:
animal: lion; moon, crescent; star
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβρασάξ; Ἰάω; vocales
A: A lion standing on a baseline, to right. An eight-pointed star below the animal, above it: a crescent. Unidentified object (damaged?) in front of the animal.
B: Greek inscription in three lines: ιαω|αβρασ|αξηηι → Ἰάω, Ἀβρασάξ, vocales.
C: Letters and characteres.
Bibliography
Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas, VII 28
SGG I, no. 345 (with earlier literature)
B: Greek inscription in three lines: ιαω|αβρασ|αξηηι → Ἰάω, Ἀβρασάξ, vocales.
C: Letters and characteres.
Bibliography
Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas, VII 28
SGG I, no. 345 (with earlier literature)
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CBd-2798. 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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