Magical gem in a gold setting: Aphrodite
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CBd-Number:
CBd-4206
Collection:
IT_Firenze, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Inventory:
1419
References:
Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Fi 69
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
13 x 10.5 x 2 mm
Iconography:
Aphrodite; scepter, unspecified; tropaion; crown?; diadem
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified
Description: Upright oval, flat. Green and red jasper (heliotrope). Mounted in a gold setting.
A: Aphrodite wearing a diadem (crown?) and a belt crossing her nude upper body (Á. M. Nagy: catena?). She is leaning on an unspecified scepter and holding a trophy in her right hand. Greek inscription along the edge, in mirror writing: αγλαοσ → unidentified vox.
B: No information..
Bibliography
SGG II, 60, Fi 69.
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CBd-4206. 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/4206 on 01-12-2024.
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