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Magical gem: Anguipes, vocales, voces (A) Cock-headed figure, voces (B)
CBd-Number:
CBd-3454
ID-Number:
Fr-BnF-CdM_Reg.M.8003
Collection:
FR_Paris, Cabinet des Médailles
Inventory:
Reg.M.8003
References:
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 34; Mastrocinque 2014, no. 274; Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.3.h_5
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
14.5 x 12 x 3 mm
Iconography:
clothing: kilt; weapon: armour; weapon: shield; whip; Anguipes, cock-headed; figure, cock-headed
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified; vocales

Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Green and red jasper (heliotrope). Intact.

A: Anguipes wearing an armour and holding a whip in his right hand and a shield in his left hand. Inscription on the shield: αχο|ακ → undientified voces followed by a character. Above the shield: αοοπ two characteres α character α+. Below the shield: ιαηι|ιηουωηι|πω|υρ → vocales and undientified voces.

B: Cock-headed figure represented with a long, snake-like neck and without hands, clothed in a kilt. Greek inscription all around the figure, running vertically: οα|φοβεισσικαιμαξετεεγωγ|ειλν|αυσαα|λειλ → undientified voces.


Bibliography
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 34.
Mastrocinque 2014 on CBd-3454

The Cabinet des Médailles database on CBd-3454

Last modified: 2019-10-30 14:41:52
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CBd-3454. 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/3454 on 09-03-2025.

Image-ID 11140

Credits photo: A. Mastrocinque

Rights © Bibliothèque nationale de France, Cabinet des Médailles

Notes Side A and B