Magical gem in a gold setting: Bird-headed deity (A) vocales (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-4198
Collection:
IT_Firenze, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Inventory:
15099
References:
Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Fi 61
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
12 x 9 x 2.3 mm
Iconography:
clothing: kilt; moon, crescent; snakes (2); figure, bird-headed; trident
Divine Names & Voces:
vocales
Description: Side A upright oval, side B transverse oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Green jasper with red spots (heliotrope). Mounted in a post-antique gold setting with two rings.
A: Bird-headed deity wearing a crescent on the head and a kilt, holding a trident in the right hand and two snakes in the left.
B: Greek inscription along the edge: αηιεηιουωηιηωι → vocales.
Bibliography
SGG II, 58, Fi 61.
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CBd-4198. 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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