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Magical gem: Couple on a kline, Greek inscription (A) couple on a kline, Greek inscription (B)
CBd-Number:
CBd-3737
ID-Number:
Fr-BnF-CdM_58.2208 bis
Collection:
FR_Paris, Cabinet des Médailles
Inventory:
58.2208 bis
References:
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 329; Michel, DMG, no. 15.2.c_5; Mastrocinque 2014, no. 508
Former Collections:
Rollin & Feuardent (auction house, 1867–1953)
Material:
jasper, green to black
Dimensions:
21 x 16 x 3.5 mm
Iconography:
figure, female; figure, male; kline; basin; vessel: hydria; scene, symplegma

Description: Transverse oval, both faces flat. Shape 14. Dark green and brown jasper. Mounted in a modern gold swivel hoop. Part of the collection of captain Badeigts de Laborde (reg.K.2162). Allegedly from Tarsus.

A: A couple lying on a kline in embrace (symplegma). Under the kline: a basin and a hydria. Greek inscription above, running along the edge: αλληλοφιλιαεμησψυχησ → ἀλληλοφιλία ἐμῆς ψυχῆς 'mutual love of my soul.'
B: A couple on a kline, also represented in the act of coitus. Under the kline: a basin and a hydria. Greek inscription above, running along the edge in two lines: ηχ αρι|σοι ποθοι → ἡ χάρις οἱ πόθοι 'grace, desires.'

Bibliography
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 329.
Mastrocinque 2014, no. 508. 

The Cabinet des Médailles database on CBd-3737

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CBd-3737. 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/3737 on 09-03-2025.

Image-ID 10568

Credits Photo: A. Mastrocinque

Rights © Bibliothèque nationale de France, Cabinet des Médailles

Notes Side A and B