Magical gem: Lion-headed figure, griffin (A) letters and characteres (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3188
ID-Number:
NL-Leiden-RMO_GS-01127
Collection:
NL_Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Inventory:
GS-01127
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 37.B. 1.h_2
Former Collections:
Hague, Royal Coin Cabinet
Material:
jasper, green to black
Dimensions:
17.5 x 13 x 3 mm
Iconography:
griffin; wheel; figure, lion-headed; clothing: tunic; snake; vessel: situla?; vessel, unspecified; star
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified
Description: Upright oval, both sides flat. Shape 8–9. Grayish-green jasper, damaged at the lower border and the center of side B.
A: Lion-headed figure standing on a griffin, to left. The figure wears a short tunic, in the right hand a snake, in the left hand a situla (?). The griffin stands in profile to left, and places his front paw on a wheel. Greek inscription around the figure: character λιηχωηηχαμουπηι → unidentified voces.
B: Letters and characteres in six lines, damaged in the center (interpreted by Maaskant-Kleibrink as a uterus).
Bibliography
Jonge, CdE, no. 1155.
Maaskant-Kleibrink 1978, 357, no. 1127.
Michel, DMG, 37.B. 1.h_2.
Rijksmuseum website on CBd-3188
A: Lion-headed figure standing on a griffin, to left. The figure wears a short tunic, in the right hand a snake, in the left hand a situla (?). The griffin stands in profile to left, and places his front paw on a wheel. Greek inscription around the figure: character λιηχωηηχαμουπηι → unidentified voces.
B: Letters and characteres in six lines, damaged in the center (interpreted by Maaskant-Kleibrink as a uterus).
Bibliography
Jonge, CdE, no. 1155.
Maaskant-Kleibrink 1978, 357, no. 1127.
Michel, DMG, 37.B. 1.h_2.
Rijksmuseum website on CBd-3188
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CBd-3188. 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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