Magical gem: Anguipes
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3718
ID-Number:
DK_Copenhagen, NM_242
Collection:
DK_Copenhagen, National Museum
Inventory:
242
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
11 x 15 mm
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; whip; weapon: armour; weapon: shield; object, unidentified
Description: Side A flat and upright oval, side B strongly convex. Shape 7. Dark green jasper with red spots (heliotrope), damaged at the left edge of side A.
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to left. Whip in the left hand, shield in the right hand, seen from the side. Unidentified object below the feet of the figure.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Eitrem 1939, 69, no. 1.1.
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CBd-3718. 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/3718 on 09-03-2025.
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