Magical gem: Figure with raised hand, rider on lion
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3199
ID-Number:
NL-Leiden-RMO_GS-01136
Collection:
NL_Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Inventory:
GS-01136
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 37.A.1.c_2
Former Collections:
Hague, Royal Coin Cabinet
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
15 x 11 x 1.5 mm
Iconography:
animal: lion; rider; gesture, lying; figure, unidentified; moon, crescent; gesture, hand raised to mouth; figure, female
Description: Transverse oval, side A flat. Shape 8. Haematite, surface abraded.
A: Rider on a lion, to left, standing above a lying figure (?). A female figure stands in front of the lion, to right, raising her right hand to the mouth. Crescent above the figures.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Maaskant-Kleibrink 1978, 359, no. 1136.
Michel, DMG, 37.A.1.c_2.
Rijksmuseum website on CBd-3199
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CBd-3199. 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/3199 on 15-03-2025.
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