Magical gem: Anguipes (A) Greek inscription (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3143
ID-Number:
NL-Leiden-RMO_GS-01100
Collection:
NL_Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Inventory:
GS-01100
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.1.c_3
Former Collections:
Hague, Royal Coin Cabinet
Material:
jasper, green to black
Dimensions:
16 x 12 x 3 mm
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; whip; weapon: armour; weapon: shield; Chnoubis-sign; kerykeion
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβρασάξ; Ἰάω
Description: A upright oval, B transverse oval, both sides flat. Shape 8–9. Dark green jasper. Slightly damaged at the upper left edge on side A.
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 hand holding a round shield, half hid behind the body, porpax visible. A kerykerion to the left side of the figure. Scattered around the figure, the letters ιαω → Ἰάω, and characteres: the sign X within a square, an eight-pointed star within a circle, and the Chnoubis-sign to the right.
B: Greek inscription in two lines: αβρα|σαξ → Ἀβρασάξ
Bibliography
Jonge, CdE, no. 1146.
Maaskant-Kleibrink 1978, 351, no. 1100.
Michel, DMG, 3.A.1.c_3.
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 hand holding a round shield, half hid behind the body, porpax visible. A kerykerion to the left side of the figure. Scattered around the figure, the letters ιαω → Ἰάω, and characteres: the sign X within a square, an eight-pointed star within a circle, and the Chnoubis-sign to the right.
B: Greek inscription in two lines: αβρα|σαξ → Ἀβρασάξ
Bibliography
Jonge, CdE, no. 1146.
Maaskant-Kleibrink 1978, 351, no. 1100.
Michel, DMG, 3.A.1.c_3.
Rijksmuseum website on CBd-3142
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CBd-3143. 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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