Magical gem: Ibis with altar (A) Greek inscription (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3177
ID-Number:
DK_Copenhagen, Thorvaldsens Museum_I1692
Collection:
DK_Copenhagen, Thorvaldsens Museum
Inventory:
I1692
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 27.2.a_5
Material:
quartz (?)
Dimensions:
20 x 16 mm
Iconography:
bird: ibis, tied to an altar; plant: stalks of (3)
Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Opaque, grayish stone, quartz ? (Fossing). Surface much abraded, edge worn.
A: Ibis standing to left, tied with a cord to an altar behind it. On the altar, three stalks of plant.
B: Inscribed in three lines: πεσσε|πεσσε|πεσσε → πέσσε, πέσσε, πέσσε. 'Digest!'
Bibliography
Fossing 1929, 251, no. 1873.
The Thorvaldsens Museum Online Collections on CBd-3177
A: Ibis standing to left, tied with a cord to an altar behind it. On the altar, three stalks of plant.
B: Inscribed in three lines: πεσσε|πεσσε|πεσσε → πέσσε, πέσσε, πέσσε. 'Digest!'
Bibliography
Fossing 1929, 251, no. 1873.
The Thorvaldsens Museum Online Collections on CBd-3177
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CBd-3177. 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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