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Magical gem in a gold setting: Isis, Sarapis (?), Hecate
CBd-Number:
CBd-4164
Collection:
IT_Firenze, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Inventory:
1333
References:
Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Fi 27
Material:
jasper, red
Dimensions:
19 x 13 x 3 mm
Iconography:
modius; whips (2); torch, burning; sistrum; Hecate; clothing: tunic; plant: branch; weapon: daggers (2); torches (2); clothing: garment; vessel: situla; Sarapis?; crown, unspecified; scepter, unspecified; animal: quadruped, unspecified

Description: Transverse oval, flat. Red jasper. Mounted in a modern gold setting with two rings.

A: On the left, Isis wearing a long garment and a crown, holding a situla in her right hand and a sistrum in her left hand. In the middle, a quadruped followed by a male figure (Sarapis?) wearing a tunic and a modius, holding a short scepter in his right hand and a branch in his left hand. Hecate trimorph dressed in peplos, wearing modii, uppermost hands clutching torches, middle hands holding daggers and lowermost hands holding whips.
B: No information.

Bibliography
SGG II, 43–44, Fi 27.

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CBd-4164. 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/4164 on 19-04-2025.

Image-ID 11846

Credits Photo: Attilio Mastrocinque

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