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Magical gem: Anguipes, Ouroboros (A) Osiris with snake (B) Greek inscription (C)
CBd-Number:
CBd-3241
ID-Number:
Fr-BnF-CdM_Froehner.2901
Collection:
FR_Paris, Cabinet des Médailles
Inventory:
Froehner.2901
References:
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 90; Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.3.a_3; Mastrocinque 2014, no. 73
Former Collections:
Froehner, Wilhelm (1834–1925)
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
21 x 1.6 x 3 mm
Iconography:
Osiris; clothing: bandage; weapon: armour; weapon: shield; whip; Ouroboros; figure, cock-headed; Anguipes, cock-headed; snake; wig
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified; vocales; σεμεσειλαμ and variants; σουμαρτα and variants

Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9.  Green jasper with red flecks (heliotrope). Chipped along the edges.

A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes to right, in armour, right arm raised and holding a whip, left hand hid behind a round shield. Inscription on the shield: ιαηιε|ηιιιυυυ|ιιυηιω|ιιτην|χχδξ|ηηα → vocales and voces. On the right: a character. Right below the representation of the Anguipes, a crescent-shaped Greek inscription: ατηαβαρβασεμεσε|λαμψ → voces including a variant of σεμεσειλαμ. Below the inscription, Ouroboros enclosing Greek letters: κκλλψψ|ωψψηνωη → voces. Below the Ouroboros: συμαρτα → variant of σουμαρτα.
B: Osiris in the form of a bandaged mummy, with a snake coiling around the figure. Wavy lines below the mummy. On the left: four characteres; on the right: five characteres.
C: Greek inscription around the edge: βρονταστραπηλαιαλπινιξ → βρονταστραπή<ς> 'the one who sends thundering', unidentified voces. 

BIbliography
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 90.
Mastrocinque 2014 on CBd-3241

The Cabinet des Médailles database on CBd-3241

Last modified: 2019-10-28 19:29:00
Link:cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/3241
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CBd-3241. 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/3241 on 09-03-2025.

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Credits Photo: A. Mastrocinque

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Notes Side A and B