Magical gem: Anguipes (A) female figure (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3167
ID-Number:
DK_Copenhagen, Thorvaldsens Museum_I1682
Collection:
DK_Copenhagen, Thorvaldsens Museum
Inventory:
I1682
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.3.b_2; Michel, DMG, no. 30.6.g_5
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
19 x 13 mm
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; figure, female; moon, crescent; weapon: armour; clothing: tunic; clothing: mantle; gesture, hand raised to mouth; object, unidentified; weapon: shield, with Ἰάω
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified
Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Brownish green jasper with green and red flecks. Broken, right and lower parts missing, edges damaged.
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour and mantle, head to right. Right hand raised and holding a whip. Crescent open to top near the head. Above, the letter α. Inscription to the left of the figure: λβ|σα → unidentified vox; on the shield ω → [Ἰά]ω?
B: Female figure in tunic, standing to left, right hand raised to mouth. Before her, an unidentified object. Inscription around the back of the figure: letters or characteres.
Bibliography
Fossing 1929, 249, no. 1862.
The Thorvaldsens Museum Online Collections on CBd-3167
Eitrem 1939, 80.
Last modified: 2019-11-30 21:32:02
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CBd-3167. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy.
Retrieved from: cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/3167 on 09-03-2025.
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