Magical gem: Walking lion (A) Greek inscription (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3084
ID-Number:
US_Cambridge, Harvard_2012.1.153
Collection:
US_Cambridge, Harvard Art Museums
Inventory:
2012.1.153 (=TL38193.11)
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 37.A.1.a_15
Former Collections:
Hamburg, Sossidi Collection; Int_Art Market (Sotheby's, New York); Cambridge, Harvard University, Department of the Classics, Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection
Material:
jasper, yellow
Dimensions:
length: 15 mm
Iconography:
animal: lion, with snake-headed tail; eye (independent motif); moon, crescent; object, unidentified; plant: lotus buds
Description: Transverse oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Yellow jasper. Chipped along the edges.
A: Lion striding in profile to left, its tail ending in a snake’s head. In the free field above the lion, an eight-pointed star, an eye symbol or "theta", and a crescent, open to top. Below the animal, a lotus bud, and an unidentified object (Harvard: rosette, Michel: Pflanze?) in front of the animal, or in its mouth.
B: Greek inscription in two lines: τιβερεινοσ|illegible letters and characteres → amulet of Tiberinus.
Bibliography
Michel, DMG, 37.A.1.a_15.
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/72426" target="_blank">The Harvard Art Museums database on CBd-3084
A: Lion striding in profile to left, its tail ending in a snake’s head. In the free field above the lion, an eight-pointed star, an eye symbol or "theta", and a crescent, open to top. Below the animal, a lotus bud, and an unidentified object (Harvard: rosette, Michel: Pflanze?) in front of the animal, or in its mouth.
B: Greek inscription in two lines: τιβερεινοσ|illegible letters and characteres → amulet of Tiberinus.
Bibliography
Michel, DMG, 37.A.1.a_15.
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/72426" target="_blank">The Harvard Art Museums database on CBd-3084
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CBd-3084. 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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