Magical gem: Female figure with eagle, lion and Eros (A) Greek inscription (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3085
ID-Number:
US_Cambridge, Harvard_2012.1.152
Collection:
US_Cambridge, Harvard Art Museums
Inventory:
2012.1.152 (=TL38193.10)
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 15.4_3
Former Collections:
Hamburg, Sossidi Collection; Int_Art Market (Sotheby's, New York); Cambridge, Harvard University, Department of the Classics, Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection
Material:
stone, green
Dimensions:
height: 17 mm
Iconography:
Eros; bird: eagle; animal: lion; torch, burning; weapon: arrow; weapon: bow; weapon: mace?; figure, female
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified
Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Dark green stone with light green flecks. Intact.
A: Nude, long-haired female figure hanging to front from a ring with horizontal poles on either side in a scene reminiscent of the punishment of Prometheus. On the left, an eagle pecking at the figure's stomach, on the right, a lion with a torch. Greek inscription next to the left elbow of the figure: ιση. Below, a mace (?), on the left, facing the figure, winged Eros with bow and arrow.
B: Greek inscription in seven lines: βλαρθα|ρειμιαραχ|θατηνσυν|γεινομεν|ηνπυριφλε||ξατεωσαρ|βαθαιρασ → Βλαρθαρ εἰμὶ Αραχθα τὴν συγγεινομένην πυρὶ φλέξατε ὡς Αρβαθαιρας. 'I am Blarthar Arachtha. Burn with fire the woman who is associating as would four-fold Iaô!' (C.A. Faraone); '... as Arbathairas?' (CBd).
Bibliography
Michel, DMG, 15.4_3.
Faraone 2013, 338–341, no. 5.
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/72425" target="_blank">The Harvard Art Museums database on CBd-3085
A: Nude, long-haired female figure hanging to front from a ring with horizontal poles on either side in a scene reminiscent of the punishment of Prometheus. On the left, an eagle pecking at the figure's stomach, on the right, a lion with a torch. Greek inscription next to the left elbow of the figure: ιση. Below, a mace (?), on the left, facing the figure, winged Eros with bow and arrow.
B: Greek inscription in seven lines: βλαρθα|ρειμιαραχ|θατηνσυν|γεινομεν|ηνπυριφλε||ξατεωσαρ|βαθαιρασ → Βλαρθαρ εἰμὶ Αραχθα τὴν συγγεινομένην πυρὶ φλέξατε ὡς Αρβαθαιρας. 'I am Blarthar Arachtha. Burn with fire the woman who is associating as would four-fold Iaô!' (C.A. Faraone); '... as Arbathairas?' (CBd).
Bibliography
Michel, DMG, 15.4_3.
Faraone 2013, 338–341, no. 5.
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/72425" target="_blank">The Harvard Art Museums database on CBd-3085
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CBd-3085. 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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