Magical gem in a gold setting: Lion-headed figure (?), characteres, voces
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CBd-Number:
CBd-4182
Collection:
IT_Firenze, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Inventory:
15122
References:
Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Fi 45
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
15 x 11 x 2.5 mm
Iconography:
rays (7); clothing: tunic; hieroglyph, sa; figure, winged; flail; tail of crocodile; crown, unspecified; figure, lion-headed?
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified
Description: Upright oval, flat. Green and red jasper (heliotrope). Mounted in a modern gold setting with two rings.
A: Lion-headed (?) figure with a crocodile's tail, dressed in a long tunic, wearing a crown with seven rays, holding a flail in the right hand and a sa-sign in the left hand. Another figure with wings is kneeling in front of him. In the free field, characteres and Greek inscription: ρ μαραπθα χχα ραω → unidentified voces.
B: No information.
Bibliography
SGG II, 50, Fi 45.
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CBd-4182. 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/4182 on 27-09-2023.
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