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Magical gem: Cock-headed figure on a ram-headed animal, dog (?) (A) characteres, thunderbolt, βαχαξιχυχ-logos, νυχευα βολβαχ-logos (B)
CBd-Number:
CBd-3461
ID-Number:
Fr-BnF-CdM_Blanchet.3
Collection:
FR_Paris, Cabinet des Médailles
Inventory:
Blanchet.3
References:
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 442; Michel, DMG, no. 28.5_6; Mastrocinque 2014, no. 281
Former Collections:
Blanchet, Jules-Adrien (1866–1957)
Material:
chalcedony, white to brown/grey
Dimensions:
34 x 23 x 8 mm
Iconography:
clothing: veil; crown, unspecified; uterus?; scepter, unspecified; stars (5); animal: dog?; head, of ram; animal: quadruped, unspecified; figure, cock-headed; thunderbolt
Divine Names & Voces:
vocales
Logoi:
βακαξιχυχ-logos and variants; νυχευα βολβαχ-logos and variants

Description: Upright oval, side A flat, side B convex. Shape 1. Brown chalcedony with black parts. Chipped along the edge, small parts broken off.

A: Cock-headed figure with the legs of an ungulate, wearing a veil decorated with an eye-like pattern, his head crowned with an unidentified crown. He is holding a staff in his left hand and an uterus-like object in his right hand, sitting on a ram-headed animal which is standing on a dog (?). In the free field: five stars and characteres.
B: Characteres and a thunderbolt. Greek inscription running along the edge: οαηιουευεαηιουααηιιβαχαξιχυχοκεραταγασ → vocales followed by a part of the βαχαξιχυχ-logos and a part of the νυχευα βολβαχ-logos.

Bibliography
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 442.
Mastrocinque 2014 on CBd-3461

The Cabinet des Médailles database on CBd-3461

Last modified: 2019-07-19 16:54:11
Link:cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/3461
CITE THIS PAGE
CBd-3461. 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/3461 on 09-03-2025.

Image-ID 10335

Credits Photo: A. Mastrocinque

Rights © Bibliothèque nationale de France, Cabinet des Médailles

Notes Side A and B