Magical gem: Pantheos (A) Greek inscription (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3171
ID-Number:
DK_Copenhagen, Thorvaldsens Museum_I1686
Collection:
DK_Copenhagen, Thorvaldsens Museum
Inventory:
I1686
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 41.1.c_4
Material:
glass, blue
Dimensions:
21 x 18 mm
Iconography:
Bes, face of; crown, atef?; gesture, ithyphallic; scepters (2); scepter, was?; feet, in the shape of jackal's heads; tufts on the knees (animal protomes); protomes of animals (3-3); clothing: kilt; Pantheos; tail, of scorpion
Divine Names & Voces:
Λαϊλαμ and variants
Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Blue glass paste imitating lapis lazuli. Chipped at the upper edge, cracked on the reverse.
A: Frontal view of a four-winged Bes-Pantheos in kilt, standing to front on an Ouroboros-cartouche enclosing indistinct signs. Head framed by three-three animal protomes on both sides, and topped with a crown (atef? – missing). Hands holding scepters. The figure is ithyphallic, a scorpion's tail projects to the left of the hips, knees are decorated with tufts, feet are in the shape of jackal's heads.
B: Greek inscription in one line: λαιλαμ → Λαϊλαμ.
Bibliography
Fossing 1929, 252, no. 1874.
The Thorvaldsens Museum Online Collections on CBd-3171
A: Frontal view of a four-winged Bes-Pantheos in kilt, standing to front on an Ouroboros-cartouche enclosing indistinct signs. Head framed by three-three animal protomes on both sides, and topped with a crown (atef? – missing). Hands holding scepters. The figure is ithyphallic, a scorpion's tail projects to the left of the hips, knees are decorated with tufts, feet are in the shape of jackal's heads.
B: Greek inscription in one line: λαιλαμ → Λαϊλαμ.
Bibliography
Fossing 1929, 252, no. 1874.
The Thorvaldsens Museum Online Collections on CBd-3171
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CBd-3171. 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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