Magical gem in a gold setting: Pan, zodiac cycle
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CBd-Number:
CBd-4213
Collection:
IT_Firenze, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Inventory:
1512
References:
Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Fi 76
Material:
sardonyx
Dimensions:
21 x 6.9 mm
Iconography:
altar; clothing: kilt; star; gesture, ithyphallic; animal: goat; Pan; zodiac cycle
Description: Round gem, side A convex. Milky and dark brown sardonyx. Mounted in a modern gold setting with two rings.
A: Ithyphallic Pan dressed in a kilt, playing the flute in front of a burning altar with a goat standing on the rear legs, approaching the altar. Above: a six-pointed star. Along the edge: the twelve signs of the zodiac.
B: No information.
Bibliography
SGG II, 63–64, Fi 76.
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CBd-4213. 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/4213 on 08-10-2024.
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