Magical gem in a modern gold setting: Isis (?), Anguipes (A) three Graces (B) Ἀβλαναθαναλβα (C)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-4296
ID-Number:
DE-München-Münzsammlung_s.n.
Collection:
DE_München, Staatliche Münzsammlung
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.3.h_7
Material:
jasper, green to black
Dimensions:
17 x 13 x 4 mm
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; Isis?; clothing: garment; scepter, unspecified; snake?; Graces (3); weapon: armour; weapon: shield; whip
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβρασάξ; Ἰάω; voces, unidentified; Ἀβλαναθαναλβα, variants
Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Dark green jasper. Mounted in a modern gold setting.
A: Above: female figure (Isis?) dressed in a long garment, holding a scepter in the left hand and a snake (?) in the right hand. Below: Cock-headed Anguipes in armour, with a round shield in the right hand and a whip in the left hand. Greek inscription around the figures: ιαωαβρασαξλαω νν ελι → Ἰάω, Ἀβρασάξ, unidentified voces.
B: The three Graces, surrounded with an illegible Greek inscription.
C: Greek inscription on the edge: αβλαβαναλο → a variant of the Ἀβλαναθαναλβα-palindrome.
Bibliography
Brandt, AGD I, no. 2902.
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CBd-4296. 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/4296 on 09-03-2025.
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