Magical gem: Anguipes (A) Greek letters and characteres(B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3720
ID-Number:
DK_Copenhagen, NM_1508
Collection:
DK_Copenhagen, National Museum
Inventory:
1508
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
18 x 23 mm
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; whip; weapon: armour; weapon: shield
Description: Both sides flat and upright oval. Shape 8–9. Green jasper with red spots (heliotrope), chipped at the lower left part of side A.
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to right. Whip in the right hand, shield in the left hand, half hid behind the body. Pseudo-inscription around the figure and on the shield.
B: Greek letters and characteres in four lines.
Bibliography
Eitrem 1939, 71, no. 2.1.
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CBd-3720. 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/3720 on 09-03-2025.
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