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Magical gem: Male figure with a snake, voces, vocales (A) lion (B)
CBd-Number:
CBd-3704
ID-Number:
Fr-BnF-CdM_De Clerq 3469
Collection:
FR_Paris, Cabinet des Médailles
Inventory:
De Clerq 3469
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 29.2_3; Mastrocinque 2014, no. 476
Former Collections:
De Clercq, Louis (1836–1901)
Material:
agate, yellow to orange
Dimensions:
24.5 x 20 x 10 mm
Iconography:
animal: lion; crown, unspecified; figure, inscribed (Inschriftenfigur); snake?
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβρασάξ; Ἰάω; voces, unidentified; vocales; Φρῆ and variants

Description: Upright oval, both faces convex. Shape 2–3. Yellow agate. Intact. From Beirut.

A: Nude male figure with an inscribed body, wearing a crown and holding a pole or schematic snake in his right hand and a crown in his left hand. Greek inscription on the crown on the head of the figure: ιαω → Ἰάω. On the head: ιεου|ιαη ιαε|ριεω → vocales and unidentified voces. On the right arm: ων|ηω|ιυα|ι → vocales and unidentified voces.On the left arm: ιαε|ουι|ωε|ια → vocales. On the body of the figure: ιαεωου|αενοβυμ|εωομαω|ουιασουι|δ̣α̣μιουια|εω.ω → vocales and unidentified voces. On the right leg: ιηω|ουο|ιαε|ω → vocales. On the left leg: οιου|εαυω|ιι̣ιου|εη → vocales. On the 'snake': φρ|ηφ|ορα|ζαμ|αμο|υλα|λα|βρα|σαξ|θω|ουθ → voces including Φρῆ, Ἀβρασάξ and a variant of Θώθ.
B: Lion striding in profile to left.

Bibliography
De Ridder 1911, no. 3469.
Mastrocinque 2014 on CBd-3704

The Cabinet des Médailles database on CBd-3704

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CBd-3704. 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/3704 on 09-03-2025.

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Credits Photo: A. Mastrocinque

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Notes Side A and B