Magical(?) gem in a gold setting: Sphinx with a wheel
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CBd-Number:
CBd-4241
Collection:
IT_Firenze, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Inventory:
1196
References:
Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Fi 104
Material:
sard (brown)
Dimensions:
16.5 x 15 x 2 mm
Iconography:
wheel; sphinx
Description: Transverse oval, flat. Sard, side B chipped in the middle, mounted in a post-antique gold setting with two rings.
A: Sphinx with a female face and the left paw on a wheel.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
SGG II, 74, Fi 104.
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CBd-4241. 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/4241 on 16-09-2024.
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Credits Photo: Attilio Mastrocinque
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Notes Side A