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Magical gem: Anguipes, Ἰάω, character (A) male figure, Ἀβρασάξ (B)
CBd-Number:
CBd-3528
ID-Number:
Fr-BnF-CdM_Froehner.2963
Collection:
FR_Paris, Cabinet des Médailles
Inventory:
Froehner.2963
References:
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 33; Mastrocinque 2014, no. 324; Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.3.h_4
Former Collections:
Froehner, Wilhelm (1834–1925)
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
28.5 x 21 x 5.8 mm
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; vessel: situla; crown, unspecified; clothing: mantle; clothing: kilt; figure, male; whip; weapon: shield; weapon: armour; scepter, was
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἰάω; Ἀβρασάξ, variants

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

A: Cock-headed Anguipes wearing an armour, holding a whip in his raised right hand and a round shield in his left hand. In the free field: ιαω → Ἰάω with a character between the α and the ω.
B: Male figure wearing a kilt, a mantle and an unidentified crown on his head and holding a was-scepter in his left hand and a situla in his right hand. Greek inscription all around: αβραεαξ → variant of Ἀβρασάξ.

Bibliography
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 33.
Mastrocinque 2014 on CBd-3528

The Cabinet des Médailles database on CBd-3528

Last modified: 2019-10-30 16:18:20
Link:cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/3528
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CBd-3528. 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/3528 on 09-03-2025.

Image-ID 10378

Credits Photo: A. Mastrocinque

Rights © Bibliothèque nationale de France, Cabinet des Médailles

Notes Side A and B