Drawing of a magical gem: Ouroboros with uterus and figures
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2822
ID-Number:
Wu_Ex Chifletius–Macarius_XII 49
Collection:
Int_Whereabouts unknown
Inventory:
Chifletius–Macarius_XII 49
References:
Chifletius–Macarius, no. XII 49; Mastrocinque, SGG I, 407, no. 377
Former Collections:
Pignoria, Lorenzo (Laurentius Pignorius, Padova 1571–1631)
Iconography:
head, of snake; Ouroboros; figure, jackal-headed; figure, with multiple heads; clothing: kilt; clothing: tunic; figures, unidentified (2); key, unspecified; uterus, in the form of a cupping vessel
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἰάω
A: Ouroboros with head at top to right enclosing a uterus-symbol combined with a key, fallopian tubes ending in snake's heads. A double jackal-headed figure standing above the uterus, wearing a kilt. Two figures stand on the heads of the snakes, both raising their left hand in greeting. The figure on the left is naked, the figure on the right wears a tunic. Greek inscription under the fallopian tubes: ιαω → Ἰάω.
B: Insufficient information.
The drawing was made after a cast.
Bibliography
Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas, XII 49
SGG I, no. 377 (with earlier literature)
B: Insufficient information.
The drawing was made after a cast.
Bibliography
Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas, XII 49
SGG I, no. 377 (with earlier literature)
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CBd-2822. 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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