Ἰάω; Μιχαήλ; Γαβριήλ and variants; Κουστιήλ?; Ῥαφαήλ and variants
A: Pantheos with four wings and a bird’s tail, holding a scorpion in his right hand and a flail (?) or key (?) in his left hand. Behind the wings, two scepters. The figure stands on an Ouroboros cartouche containing the inscription ιαω → Ἰάω. To the right, a scarab, crawling to top. B: Names of four archangels in six lines: μιχα|ηλγαβρ|ιηλκου|στιηλ|ρα+α||ηλ → Μιχαήλ, Γαβριήλ, Κουστιήλ?, Ῥαφαήλ.
For a gem in the British Museum that may have been designed after this piece, see CBd-983, for another one in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, see CBd-2190.
CBd-2911. 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/2911 on 14-09-2024.