Magical gem: Anguipes (A) Greek inscription (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3140
ID-Number:
NL-Leiden-RMO_GS-01097
Collection:
NL_Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Inventory:
GS-01097
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.1.e_21
Former Collections:
Hague, Royal Coin Cabinet; Vosmaer Collection
Material:
jasper, green to black
Dimensions:
16 x 11 x 3 mm
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; weapon: armour; weapon: shield; whip; plant: palm branch
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβρασάξ; Ἰάω; voces, unidentified
Description: A upright oval, B transverse oval, both sides flat. Shape 8–9. Dark green jasper. Slightly damaged at the upper right edge of side A.
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to right. Right arm bent in elbow, holding a whip, left hand holding a round shield, half hid behind the body, forearm, porpax and antilabe visible. Inscription around the shield: ιαωαβρασαξ → Ἰάω, Ἀβρασάξ.
B: Greek inscription in three lines: αβρα|ινκειεσ|σξαπξ → unidentified voces.
C: Palm branch.
Bibliography
Jonge, CdE, no. 1145.
Maaskant-Kleibrink 1978, 351, no. 1097.
Michel, DMG, 3.A.1.e_21.
Rijksmuseum website on CBd-3140
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to right. Right arm bent in elbow, holding a whip, left hand holding a round shield, half hid behind the body, forearm, porpax and antilabe visible. Inscription around the shield: ιαωαβρασαξ → Ἰάω, Ἀβρασάξ.
B: Greek inscription in three lines: αβρα|ινκειεσ|σξαπξ → unidentified voces.
C: Palm branch.
Bibliography
Jonge, CdE, no. 1145.
Maaskant-Kleibrink 1978, 351, no. 1097.
Michel, DMG, 3.A.1.e_21.
Rijksmuseum website on CBd-3140
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CBd-3140. 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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