Magical gem: Anguipes (A) Lion, Greek inscription (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-302
ID-Number:
DK_Copenhagen, Thorvaldsens Museum_I681
Collection:
DK_Copenhagen, Thorvaldsens Museum
Inventory:
I1681
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.3.f_1
Material:
jasper, green and red
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; weapon: armour; weapon: shield; whip; animal: lion; animal: lizard
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβρασάξ; Ἰάω
Description: Side A upright oval, side B transverse oval, both sides flat. Shape 8–9. Green jasper with red spots (heliotrope). Edges chipped and abraded. Set in a modern gold ring with a revolving bezel.
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to right. Right hand raised and holding a whip, left hand holding a round shield, antilabe visible.
B: Lion striding in profile to left, on a baseline, with a lizard in its mouth. Inscription at the top around the animal, starting at the tail: ιαωαβρασαξ → Ἰάω Ἀβρασάξ.
Bibliography
Fossing 1929, 248, no. 1861.
The Thorvaldsens Museum Online Collections on CBd-302
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to right. Right hand raised and holding a whip, left hand holding a round shield, antilabe visible.
B: Lion striding in profile to left, on a baseline, with a lizard in its mouth. Inscription at the top around the animal, starting at the tail: ιαωαβρασαξ → Ἰάω Ἀβρασάξ.
Bibliography
Fossing 1929, 248, no. 1861.
The Thorvaldsens Museum Online Collections on CBd-302
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CBd-302. 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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