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Magical gem: Anguipes, lotus, crescent, palm branch, voces, vocales (A) Ouroboros, Hecate, lion, body, voces, vocales (B)
CBd-Number:
CBd-3527
ID-Number:
Fr-BnF-CdM_De Clerq.3438
Collection:
FR_Paris, Cabinet des Médailles
Inventory:
De Clerq.3438
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.3.d_2; Mastrocinque 2014, no. 323
Former Collections:
De Clercq, Louis (1836–1901)
Material:
jasper, green to black
Dimensions:
44 x 35.5 x 6 mm
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; clothing: garment; torches (2); flails (2); weapon: knives (2); Hecate; animal: lion; moon, crescent; plant: palm branch; plant: lotus flower; plant: lotus buds (2); whip; weapon: shield; weapon: armour; Ouroboros
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified; vocales; Φρῆ and variants

Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Green jasper. Damaged along the edge. From Bagdad.

A: Cock-headed Anguipes wearing an armour, holding a whip in his raised right hand and a round shield in his left hand. On the left: a lotus flower with two buds. Below: a crescent. At the top left edge: a palm branch. Inscription along the edge: ιαι̣οα[ - - - ]ωηι̣η[ - - - ] ρ̣γ̣[ - - - ]ου → unidentified voces. Above the figure: ηιηω → vocales. On the left side of the figure, vertically: φρη → Φρῆ. Below: εμ[..].
B: Ouroboros enclosing the figure of Hecate trimorph wearing a peplos and holding flails in her upper hands, knives in the middle hands and torches in the lower ones. Below: a lion trampling on a human body. Inscription running along the inner side of the Ouroboros: ιαηεπιουωηιηω → unidentified voces and vocales.

Bibliography
De Ridder 1911, no. 3438.
Mastrocinque 2014 on CBd-3527

The Cabinet des Médailles database on CBd-3527

Last modified: 2019-07-20 14:36:27
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CBd-3527. 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/3527 on 09-03-2025.

Image-ID 10377

Credits Photo: A. Mastrocinque

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Notes Side A and B