Magical(?) gem: Female figure on fish-tailed centaur
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CBd-Number:
CBd-4312
ID-Number:
DE-München-Münzsammlung_A. 2366
Collection:
DE_München, Staatliche Münzsammlung
Inventory:
A. 2366
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 55.3.c_4
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
23.6 x 19.9 x 4.9 mm
Iconography:
figure, fish-tailed; figure, female; clothing: garment; clothing: mantle; birds (2); scepter, unspecified; moon, crescent
Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8. Green and red jasper (heliotrope). Intact. Acquired through the antiquities trade in Istanbul.
A: Female figure wearing a long garment with a mantle, head crowned with a crescent, holding a scepter in her right hand and a bird in her left hand. The figure stands on a centaur-like creature with the fin of a fish, a bird perched on his left hand.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Brandt, AGD I, no. 2920.
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CBd-4312. 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/4312 on 14-03-2025.
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