Magical gem in a gold setting: Sarapis (A) Ἀβρασάξ (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-4163
Collection:
IT_Firenze, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Inventory:
1353
References:
Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Fi 26
Material:
carnelian, red to brown
Dimensions:
12 x 9 x 4 mm
Iconography:
modius; Sarapis; standard; bust; lamp; animal: mouse
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβρασάξ
Description: Side A upright oval, side B transverse oval, side A convex. Shape 6. Red carnelian. Mounted in a post-antique gold setting with two rings, chipped along the edge.
A: On the left, bust of Sarapis wearing a modius. In the middle, a lamp on a standard with a mouse climbing up on it.
B: Greek inscription in two lines: αβρασ|αξ → Ἀβρασάξ.
Bibliography
SGG II, 43, Fi 26.
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CBd-4163. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy.
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