Magical gem: Male figure (A) characteres (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-4234
Collection:
IT_Firenze, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Inventory:
15104
References:
Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Fi 97
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
35 x 25 x 3.5 mm
Iconography:
figure, male; clothing: tunic; clothing: mantle?; snake; star; moon, crescent; object, unidentified
Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Red and green jasper (heliotrope). Intact.
A: Male figure dressed in a long chiton and mantle (?), with long hair and a snake on the head, touching a star with the right hand and holding an unidentified object in the left hand. On the right: a crescent.
B: Characteres.
Bibliography
SGG II, 71, Fi 97.
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CBd-4234. 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/4234 on 30-09-2023.
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