Talismans - Magical gem: Male figure

Magical gem: Male figure

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CBd-Number:

CBd-4070

ID-Number:

It-Ravenna-MNR_1442

Collection:

IT_Ravenna, Museo Nazionale di Ravenna

Inventory:

1442

References:

Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Ra 15

Material:

onyx, yellow to gray

Dimensions:

14.8 x 11.8 x 1.9 mm

Iconography:

cornucopia?; figure, male; clothing: tunic; object, unidentified; plant: tree?; crown, unspecified; solar disk?

Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 9. Greyish onyx. Slightly abraded.

A: Plain.
B: Crowned male figure dressed in a long tunic, holding an object consisting of three vertical elements in his right hand and a cornucopia (?) in his left hand. Above: a round object (solar disk?). On the left: a plant. Below and on the right: a character.

Bibliography
SGG II, 124, Ra 15.

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CBd-4070. 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/4070 on 19-04-2025.

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Credits Photo: Attilio Mastrocinque

Notes Side B