Magical(?) gem in a gold setting: Bust of Sarapis
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CBd-Number:
CBd-4170
Collection:
IT_Firenze, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Inventory:
1350
References:
Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Fi 33
Former Collections:
Vignoli, Giovanni
Material:
sardonyx
Dimensions:
11 x 10 x 2.3 mm
Iconography:
modius; Sarapis; rays (5); horns, of ram; bust; trident
Description: Upright oval, side A convex. Red sardonyx. Mounted in a post-antique gold setting with two rings. Previously in the collection of Abbot Giovanni Vignoli.
A: Bust of Sarapis with ram horns, a modius and five rays on his head and a trident in front of him.
B: No information.
Bibliography
SGG II, 46, Fi 33.
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CBd-4170. 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/4170 on 30-09-2023.
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