Magical gem: Pantheos (A) Greek inscription (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3193
ID-Number:
NL-Leiden-RMO_GS-01131
Collection:
NL_Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Inventory:
GS-01131
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 41.1.c_2
Former Collections:
Hague, Royal Coin Cabinet
Material:
lapis lazuli (blue)
Dimensions:
15 x 12 x 2 mm
Iconography:
crown, hemhem?; Bes, face of; Pantheos; rod; protomes of animals (3-3); tail of crocodile; tail of bird; scepter, unspecified; scepters (3); Ouroboros; balance
Divine Names & Voces:
σεσεγγενβαρφαραγγης and variants; Δαμναμενεύς; σεμεσειλαμ and variants; Λαϊλαμ and variants
Description: Side A upright oval, side B transverse oval, both sides flat. Shape 8–9. Blue and gray lapis lazuli. Intact.
A: Pantheos in frontal view, on an Ouroboros cartouche enclosing hardly identifiable small animals (scarab, cobra, ram?). Head, to front, is bearded and surrounded by small animal protomes, crowned with the hemhem-crown(?). The figure has four arms and four wings. Upper arms hold scepters, lower arms beside the body, right one holding a short staff, left one holding a pair of scales. A large bird’s tail and a crocodile’s tail project from the hips. Greek inscription around the figure: σεσνγενβ?]αρανγησ → variant of σεσεγγενβαρφαραγγης.
B: Greek inscription in four lines: λαειλαμ|σεμεσιλαμ|δαμναμε|νευσ → variant of Λαϊλαμ, variant of σεμεσειλαμ, Δαμναμενεύς.
Bibliography
Jonge, CdE, no. 1152.
Michel, DMG, 41.1.c_2.
Maaskant-Kleibrink 1978, 358, no. 1131.
Rijksmuseum website on CBd-3193
A: Pantheos in frontal view, on an Ouroboros cartouche enclosing hardly identifiable small animals (scarab, cobra, ram?). Head, to front, is bearded and surrounded by small animal protomes, crowned with the hemhem-crown(?). The figure has four arms and four wings. Upper arms hold scepters, lower arms beside the body, right one holding a short staff, left one holding a pair of scales. A large bird’s tail and a crocodile’s tail project from the hips. Greek inscription around the figure: σεσνγενβ?]αρανγησ → variant of σεσεγγενβαρφαραγγης.
B: Greek inscription in four lines: λαειλαμ|σεμεσιλαμ|δαμναμε|νευσ → variant of Λαϊλαμ, variant of σεμεσειλαμ, Δαμναμενεύς.
Bibliography
Jonge, CdE, no. 1152.
Michel, DMG, 41.1.c_2.
Maaskant-Kleibrink 1978, 358, no. 1131.
Rijksmuseum website on CBd-3193
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CBd-3193. 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/3193 on 16-03-2025.
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