Talismans - Magical gem in a gold setting: Magna Mater, Danubian riders (A) ταυαγε, lion (B)

Magical gem in a gold setting: Magna Mater, Danubian riders (A) ταυαγε, lion (B)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-4211

Collection:

IT_Firenze, Museo Archeologico Nazionale

Inventory:

1300

References:

Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Fi 74

Material:

agate, red to brown

Dimensions:

20 x 15 x 3.2 mm

Iconography:

animal: lion; gesture, lying; gesture, orant; star; snakes (2); clothing: mantle; weapon: armour; weapon: helmet; Selene; Helios; object, unidentified; clothing: garment; weapon: axe; fish; Magna Mater; Danubian riders (2); table; headband; figures, male (2); bird, unspecified; bread (3 loaves); vessel, unspecified; head, of ram; busts (2)

Divine Names & Voces:

voces, unidentified; sign, unidentified; ταυαγε

Description: Transverse oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Dark brown agate. Chipped on the edge, mounted in a modern gold setting with a ring. Similar to CBd-687.

A: In the middle, a female figure wearing a long garment, kolpos and a headband, holding two horses by the reins (Magna Mater), each of them trampling over a lying figure. The riders are wearing helmet, armour amd mantle, one arm raised and holding an axe. Behind each rider: a smaller figure with arms raised in prayer and a snake. Above: the bust of Helios and the bust of Selene. Below: elements of a sacrifice scene (from left to right): fish, two loaves of bread on a table, table with three loaves of bread, a vessel (?), a bird, a ram’s head, and an unidentified object.
B: Greek inscription: ταυαγε → unidentified vox. Above: unidentified signs. Below: lion striding to the left. On the left: a six-pointed star.

Bibliography
SGG II, 62–63, Fi 74.

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CBd-4211. 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/4211 on 30-09-2023.