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Magical gem: Pantheos (A) scarab, voces (B)
CBd-Number:
CBd-4177
ID-Number:
IT-FiMAN_15074
Collection:
IT_Firenze, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Inventory:
15074
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 41.1.c_11; Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Fi 40
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
23.5 x 17.9 x 3 mm
Iconography:
balance; uraei (2); snake; weapon: knives (2); tufts on the knees (animal protomes); feet, in the shape of jackal's heads; scepter, was (2); tail of crocodile; Bes, face of; scarab; tail of bird; animal: quadrupeds, unspecified (2); weapon: sword; protomes of animals (4-4); Pantheos; Ouroboros; gesture, ithyphallic; crown, unspecified; scorpion
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβρασάξ; vocales; Μαρμαραουώθ and variants

Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Black haematite. Small part broken off from the side.

A: Four-winged ithyphallic Pantheos standing on an Ouroboros enclosing animals. Four animal protomes project from both sides of the head, which is topped by an atef-like composite crown complete with ram's horns and uraei. The figure has two pairs of arms, the upper arms – in line with the top of the upper wings – are stretched to the sides and support cobras and knives (?). A bird’s tail and a crocodile's tail project from the hips, there are tufts on the kees, the feet are jackal-headed. He holds a sword in the right hand and a scorpion in the left hand, while a balance hangs from his phallus. There are two was-scepters on the side.
B: Scarab seen from above,crawling to top, with a Greek inscription all around: αβρασαξ ωαρμαρ[---]ω → Ἀβρασάξ, vocales, Μαρμαραουώθ.

Bibliography
SGG II, 48, Fi 40.

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CBd-4177. 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/4177 on 08-10-2024.

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Notes Side A and B

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Notes Side A

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