Magical gem: Hermes, Zeus
Download PDF
CBd-Number:
CBd-4067
ID-Number:
It-Ravenna-MNR_1406
Collection:
IT_Ravenna, Museo Nazionale di Ravenna
Inventory:
1406
References:
Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Ra 12
Material:
chalcedony, white to brown/grey
Dimensions:
29 x 22.3 x 13.3 mm
Iconography:
Zeus; throne; money bag; vessel: patera; scepter, unspecified; bird: eagle; bird: cock; clothing: tunic; Hermes; clothing: cap, winged
Description: Oval bead. Light brown chalcedony. Drilled through lengthwise, half missing.
Nude Hermes wearing a winged cap and holding a money bag in his left hand. In front of him: a cock, followed by the enthroned figure of Zeus wearing a tunic, scepter in the right hand, patera in the raised left hand. On the right: an eagle turning backwards.
Bibliography
SGG II, 123, Ra 12.
Last modified: 2019-09-25 17:44:59
Link:cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/4067
CITE THIS PAGE
CBd-4067. 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/4067 on 30-09-2023.
Zoom
