Talismans - Magical gem: Scene with various figures (A) Anguipes (B)

Magical gem: Scene with various figures (A) Anguipes (B)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-4263

Collection:

IT_Perugia, Museo Archeologico Nazionale dell'Umbria

Inventory:

1250

References:

Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Pe 14; Vitellozzi 2010b, no. 515

Material:

jasper, green and red

Dimensions:

39 x 34.9 x 4.5 mm

Iconography:

Anguipes, cock-headed; weapon: armour; weapon: shield; whip; stars (5); temple; Nike; figures, female (3); clothing: garment; stars (6); busts (2); Selene; Helios; bird: cock; birds (2); animal: lion; candlestick; head, of ram; vessel: krater; tripus; clothing: cap; column; gesture, hand raised to mouth; weapon: spears (2); snakes (2); Magna Mater; Danubian riders (2)

Description: Transverse oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Green and red jasper (heliotrope). Chipped and broken on the edge.

A: In a building with tympanum: a female figure (Magna Mater) wearing a long garment with a knight on a horse on each side. Both knights (Danubian riders) are wearing an armour with a mantle and a cap and holding a spear with a snake on it, floating in the air. Above each horse's head: a star. One of the horses is trampling on a lion, while the other one is standing on a human body wearing a cap. Also on both sides: a female figure in a long garment with one hand raised to the mouth and a column behind. In the tympanum: a rooster with a star. Above: three stars and a bird on the tympanum. Above on the two sides: busts of Helios and Selene and the flying figure of Nike. A figure with a whip is standing on the tympanum. Below the scene: a ram head, a rooster, and a candlestick on a three-footed base on the left and a tripod with a krater on the right. In the middle: five unidentified objects.
B: Cock-headed Anguipes in an armour holding a whip in the right hand and a shield in the left hand. In the free field: five stars (originally maybe seven - see Mastrocinque).

Bibliography
SGGII, 108–109, Pe 14.
Vitellozzi 2010b, 415–416, no. 515

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CBd-4263. 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/4263 on 19-04-2025.