Magical gem: Anguipes (A) Greek inscription (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3142
ID-Number:
NL-Leiden-RMO_GS-01099
Collection:
NL_Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Inventory:
GS-01099
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.1.c_2
Former Collections:
Hague, Royal Coin Cabinet
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
16.5 x 13 x 2.5 mm
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; weapon: armour; weapon: shield; weapon: shield, with Ἰάω; whip; star
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβρασάξ; Ἰάω
Description: A upright oval, B transverse oval, both sides flat. Shape 8–9. Heliotrope. Small chip on the lower right edge of side A, otherwise intact.
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to right. Right arm raised high and bent in elbow, holding a whip, left arm and hand hid behind a round shield. Inscription on the shield in two lines: ια|ω → Ἰάω. Characteres around the deity, and a six-pointed star above him.
B: Greek inscription in two lines: αβρασ|αξ → Ἀβρασάξ.
Bibliography
Jonge, CdE, no. 1150.
Maaskant-Kleibrink 1978, 351, no. 1099.
Michel, DMG, 3.A.1.c_2.
Rijksmuseum website on CBd-3142
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to right. Right arm raised high and bent in elbow, holding a whip, left arm and hand hid behind a round shield. Inscription on the shield in two lines: ια|ω → Ἰάω. Characteres around the deity, and a six-pointed star above him.
B: Greek inscription in two lines: αβρασ|αξ → Ἀβρασάξ.
Bibliography
Jonge, CdE, no. 1150.
Maaskant-Kleibrink 1978, 351, no. 1099.
Michel, DMG, 3.A.1.c_2.
Rijksmuseum website on CBd-3142
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CBd-3142. 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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