Magical gem: Anguipes (A) Greek inscription, characteres (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3146
ID-Number:
NL-Leiden-RMO_GS-01103
Collection:
NL_Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Inventory:
GS-01103
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.2.d_2
Former Collections:
Hague, Royal Coin Cabinet; Lennep, van, R. J.
Material:
jasper, green to black
Dimensions:
18.5 x 15 x 3 mm
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; weapon: armour; weapon: shield, with Ἰάω
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἰάω; Σαβαώθ, variants
Place of discovery:
Asia Minor
Description: A upright oval, B transverse oval, both sides flat. Shape 8–9. Green jasper. Obverse chipped on the lower right edge.
From Asia Minor, purchased by Van Lennep.
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to left. Right arm raised and bent in elbow, holding a whip (?), left hand hid behind an oval shield with a vertical inscription: ιαω → Ἰάω.
B: Greek inscription in one line in mirror writing: σαβαω → variant of Σαβαώθ, followed by characteres.
Bibliography
Maaskant-Kleibrink 1978, 352, no. 1103.
Michel, DMG, 3.A.2.d_2.
Rijksmuseum website on CBd-3146
From Asia Minor, purchased by Van Lennep.
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to left. Right arm raised and bent in elbow, holding a whip (?), left hand hid behind an oval shield with a vertical inscription: ιαω → Ἰάω.
B: Greek inscription in one line in mirror writing: σαβαω → variant of Σαβαώθ, followed by characteres.
Bibliography
Maaskant-Kleibrink 1978, 352, no. 1103.
Michel, DMG, 3.A.2.d_2.
Rijksmuseum website on CBd-3146
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CBd-3146. 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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