Drawing of a magical gem: Jackal-headed figure
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2824
ID-Number:
Wu_Ex Chifletius–Macarius_XIII 51
Collection:
Int_Whereabouts unknown
Inventory:
Chifletius–Macarius_XIII 51
References:
Chifletius–Macarius, no. XIII 51; Mastrocinque, SGG I, 190, no. 68.
Former Collections:
Pignoria, Lorenzo (Laurentius Pignorius, Padova 1571–1631)
Dating:
post-antique
Iconography:
figure, jackal-headed; scepter, unspecified; moon, crescent; hieroglyph, sa; flail
A: Nude jackal-headed figure, facing left. Left hand holding a stylised sa-sign, right hand holding a flower-sceptre with a flail. Crescent above three vertical notches on the top of the figure's head.
B: Insufficient information.
For a gem in the British Museum that may have been made after this piece, see CBd-990, for another one in Munich, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst, see CBd-327.
Bibliography
Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas, XIII 51
SGG I, no. 68 (with earlier literature)
B: Insufficient information.
For a gem in the British Museum that may have been made after this piece, see CBd-990, for another one in Munich, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst, see CBd-327.
Bibliography
Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas, XIII 51
SGG I, no. 68 (with earlier literature)
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CBd-2824. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy.
Retrieved from: cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/2824 on 17-09-2024.
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