Talismans - Magical(?) gem: Capicorn, bird, Latin inscription

Magical(?) gem: Capicorn, bird, Latin inscription

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CBd-Number:

CBd-4071

ID-Number:

It-Ravenna-MNR_1523

Collection:

IT_Ravenna, Museo Nazionale di Ravenna

Inventory:

1523

References:

Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Ra 16

Material:

carnelian, yellow to orange

Dimensions:

13.8 x 11 x 2 mm

Iconography:

bird, unspecified; zodiac cycle-10, Capricorn

Description: Transverse oval, both faces flat. Shape 8. Orange carnelian. Chipped on the edge.

A: Capricorn. Above: a bird. Along the edge, in mirror writing: PASCHVSA.
B: Plain.

Bibliography
SGG II, 124, Ra 16.

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CBd-4071. 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/4071 on 19-04-2025.

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Credits Photo: Attilio Mastrocinque

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