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Magical gem: Figure riding lion (A) voces, vocales (B)
CBd-Number:
CBd-3129
ID-Number:
Fr-BnF-CdM_De Clercq.3444
Collection:
FR_Paris, Cabinet des Médailles
Inventory:
De Clercq.3444
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 19.9_2; Mastrocinque 2014, no. 52
Former Collections:
De Clercq, Louis (1836–1901)
Material:
onyx, yellow to gray
Dimensions:
37 x 26 x 8.5 mm
Iconography:
flail; animal: lion; gesture, greeting; star; solar disk; Harpocrates?
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβλαναθαναλβα, palindrome; σεσεγγενβαρφαραγγης and variants; Ἰάω; voces, unidentified; vocales; Ἀδωναΐ; Ἀκραμμαχαμαρεί and variants
Logoi:
αιαναγβα-logos and variants

Description: Transverse oval, both faces convex. Shape 4–5. Yellow and brown onyx. Intact. From Beirut.

A: Figure (Harpocrates?) crowned with the solar disk, holding the flail in his left hand, right hand raised in greeting, riding a roaring lion to left. A six-pointed star in front of his head. Inscription all around the scene: σαλαμαζαμαβαμαιαζαλιαοουινιαοουιν → Voces including part of the αιαναγβα-logos.
B: Inscription in nine lines: υψσεου|ιαωαυυιωια|αιωιωαυυιλιαμα|ρυυμαχχειχχωμαλω|αβλαθαναλβαακραμα|χαμαριβασμαδωναι|βαβαιχειλασεσεγ|ενβαρφαρανγησ|ιαω → ὕψιστος Ἰάω 'Iao, the highest', vocales, voces including the Ἀβλαναθαναλβα-palindrome, variants of Ἀκραμμαχαμαρεί, Ἀδωναΐ, σεσεγγενβαρφαραγγης and Ἰάω.

Bibliography
De Ridder 1911, no. 3444.
Mastrocinque 2014 on CBd-3129

The Cabinet des Médailles database on CBd-3129

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CBd-3129. 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/3129 on 09-03-2025.

Image-ID 9565

Credits Photo: A. Mastrocinque

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Notes Side A and B