Drawing of a magical gem: Anubis with animals
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2867
ID-Number:
Wu_Ex Chifletius–Macarius_XXVII 115
Collection:
Int_Whereabouts unknown
Inventory:
Chifletius–Macarius_XXVII 115
References:
Chifletius–Macarius, no. XXVII 115; Mastrocinque, SGG I, 194, no. 76; Michel, DMG, no. 26.1.f_1
Former Collections:
Le Cointe, Thomas
Material:
jasper (colour unspecified)
Iconography:
Anubis; weapon: armour; scepter, unspecified; scorpion; scarab?; snake; bird, unspecified; animal: baboon; crown, Isis- (?)
A: In the centre, jackal-headed figure (Anubis) in armour, in three quarter view to left, standing on a snake and holding a sceptre or spear in his right hand. Left hand lowered beside the body, right hand holding a sceptre. Around the god, clockwise from bottom left: a seated baboon, a bird, a scorpion crawling to right, a scarab (or SGG I: Isis-crown?), and a rearing snake.
B: Insufficient information.
For an emerald gem, with a similar representation on its obverse, cf. CBd-4326.
Bibliography
Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas, XXVII 115
SGG I, no. 76 (with earlier literature)
Michel, DMG, 285, 26.1.f_1
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CBd-2867. 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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