Magical gem: Anguipes (A) Greek inscription (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3717
ID-Number:
DK_Copenhagen, NM_DF a 596
Collection:
DK_Copenhagen, National Museum
Inventory:
DF a 596
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.1.l_5
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
14 x 18 mm
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; whip; weapon: armour; weapon: shield; clothing: mantle
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified; vocales
Description: Both sides flat, side A upright oval, side B transverse oval. Shape 8–9. Green jasper with red spots (heliotrope), damaged at the edges of both sides.
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour and mantle, head to right. Whip in the right hand, shield in the left hand, antilabe visible.
B: Greek inscription in five lines: ιηιωιηιηιη|υυυυωωοτιου|νεστινδιαφυλα|ξονμειηιηιηιη|ιηιοιυω → voces including vocales and the Greek sentence ὁτιοῦν ἐστιν διαφύλαξον με. 'Whatever happens, save me!'
Bibliography
Eitrem 1939, 69–71, no. 1.2.
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CBd-3717. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy.
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