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Magical gem: Three-headed figure, vocales (A) voces (B)
CBd-Number:
CBd-3695
ID-Number:
Fr-BnF-CdM_De Clerq 3470
Collection:
FR_Paris, Cabinet des Médailles
Inventory:
De Clerq 3470
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 21.3_1; Mastrocinque 2014, no. 466
Former Collections:
De Clercq, Louis (1836–1901)
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
31.5 x 23 x 4 mm
Iconography:
clothing: tunic; stars (2); moon, crescent; figure, bird-tailed; figure, bird-legged; figure, winged; figure, with multiple heads; torch; tropaion; thunderbolt; weapon: dagger; figure, donkey-legged
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβλαναθαναλβα, palindrome; vocales

Description: Side A upright oval, side B transverse oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Green and red jasper (heliotrope). Chipped along the edge. From Bagdad.

A: Winged figure with three heads, the tail of a bird, represented with the leg of a donkey and that of a cock (Mastrocinque: Onoskelis). The figure wears a tunic and holds a torch in his right hand and a dagger in the left one. Above: a crescent with two stars. On the left: a thunderbolt. On the right: a tropaion. In the free field: αηιου → vocales.
B: Greek inscription in the middle: φαυστινα → Φαυστῖνα. All around: αβλαναθαναλβα → Ἀβλαναθαναλβα-palindrome.

Bibliography
De Ridder 1911, no. 3470.
Mastrocinque 2014 on CBd-3695

The Cabinet des Médailles database on CBd-3695

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CBd-3695. 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/3695 on 09-03-2025.

Image-ID 10518

Credits Photo: A. Mastrocinque

Rights © Bibliothèque nationale de France, Cabinet des Médailles

Notes Side A and B