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Magical gem: Heracles throttling lion, Greek inscription (A) Hecate, voces (B)
CBd-Number:
CBd-3638
ID-Number:
Fr-BnF-CdM_58.2220 bis
Collection:
FR_Paris, Cabinet des Médailles
Inventory:
58.2220 bis
References:
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 280; Michel, DMG, no. 23.2_2; Mastrocinque 2014, no. 403
Material:
jasper, red
Dimensions:
50 x 31 x 7.5 mm
Iconography:
Heracles wrestling lion; weapon: club; modii (2); clothing: garment; Hecate; weapon: daggers (2); torches (2); torch, burning; whips (2)
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβρασάξ; Ἰάω; κκκ

Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Red jasper. Chipped along the edge. Previously in the National Museum of Natural History.

A: Heracles, nude, throttling a lion. On the left: a club. Below: characteres (a star and κκκ as ring-letters). Greek inscription above: αναχωρικολετοθιονσεδιοκει → ἀναχώρ<ε>ι {κ}<χ>όλε τὸ θ<ε>ῖον σε δι<ώ>{ο}κει 'Withdraw, bile, the god drives you away!' 
B: Hecate trimorph in peplos, wearing modii, uppermost hands holding torches, middle hands holding daggers and lowermost hands holding whips. Greek inscription above: ιαω → Ἰάω. Greek inscription in two lines below: αβρα|σαξ → Ἀβρασάξ.

Bibliography
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 280.
Mastrocinque 2014 on CBd-3638

The Cabinet des Médailles database on CBd-3638

Last modified: 2019-09-28 14:58:02
Link:cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/3638
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CBd-3638. 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/3638 on 25-04-2024.

Image-ID 10456

Credits Photo: A. Mastrocinque

Rights © Bibliothèque nationale de France, Cabinet des Médailles

Notes Side A and B