Talismans - Magical gem: Isis, stars, characteres (A) figure with a dog's head, stars, charactere (B) vox (C)

Magical gem: Isis, stars, characteres (A) figure with a dog's head, stars, charactere (B) vox (C)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-3255

ID-Number:

Fr-BnF-CdM_Froehner.2846

Collection:

FR_Paris, Cabinet des Médailles

Inventory:

Froehner.2846

References:

Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 112; Michel, DMG, no. 30.3.c_3; Mastrocinque 2014, no. 91

Former Collections:

Froehner, Wilhelm (1834–1925)

Material:

jasper, yellow

Dimensions:

23 x 18 x 5.8 mm

Iconography:

Isis; crown, unspecified; clothing: garment; vessel: situla; sistrum; star; figure, cynocephalus; stars (7)

Divine Names & Voces:

voces, unidentified

Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Yellow jasper. Broken into four and mended.

A: Isis standing to front, her head to left, clad in a long garment, wearing a crown, and holding a sistrum in her right hand and a situla in her left hand. Around the figure: three eight-pointed stars and two characteres.
B: Dog-headed figure to left, right hand bent. On each side: two eight-pointed stars. On the left: a character.
C: Around the edge: αβδαμενυ → unidentified vox.

Bibliography
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 112.
Mastrocinque 2014 on CBd-3255

The Cabinet des Médailles database on CBd-3255

Last modified: 2019-10-21 12:46:38

Link:cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/3255

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CBd-3255. 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/3255 on 09-03-2025.

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Credits Photo: A. Mastrocinque

Notes Side A and B