Magical gem: Anguipes (A) Greek inscription (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3145
ID-Number:
NL-Leiden-RMO_GS-01102
Collection:
NL_Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Inventory:
GS-01102
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.1.b_33
Former Collections:
Hague, Royal Coin Cabinet
Material:
jasper, green to black
Dimensions:
16 x 11 x 3 mm
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; weapon: armour; weapon: shield; whip; clothing: mantle
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἰάω; voces, unidentified
Description: A upright oval, B transverse oval, both sides flat. Shape 8–9. Dark green jasper. Damaged at the centre of the edge oń the left side of the obverse.
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour and mantle, head to right. Right arm raised and bent in elbow, holding a whip, left hand holding a round shield half hid behind the body, inscribed with ια|ω?] → Ἰάω? Inscription around the figure: δαμηβνπ; below it in one line: ιαω → Ἰάω.
B: Greek inscription in three lines: ιαωκια|νπεακιν|ερζελαρ → Ἰάω, unidentified voces.
C: Letters on the edge.
Bibliography
Jonge, CdE, no. 1148.
Maaskant-Kleibrink 1978, 352, no. 1102.
Michel, DMG, 3.A.1.b_33.
Rijksmuseum website on CBd-3145
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour and mantle, head to right. Right arm raised and bent in elbow, holding a whip, left hand holding a round shield half hid behind the body, inscribed with ια|ω?] → Ἰάω? Inscription around the figure: δαμηβνπ; below it in one line: ιαω → Ἰάω.
B: Greek inscription in three lines: ιαωκια|νπεακιν|ερζελαρ → Ἰάω, unidentified voces.
C: Letters on the edge.
Bibliography
Jonge, CdE, no. 1148.
Maaskant-Kleibrink 1978, 352, no. 1102.
Michel, DMG, 3.A.1.b_33.
Rijksmuseum website on CBd-3145
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CBd-3145. 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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