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Magical gem: Hecate, Apollo? and Greek text? (A-C)
CBd-Number:
CBd-446
ID-Number:
GB-BM-MMEu_G 600, 1979,10-3,4
Collection:
GB_London, The British Museum
Inventory:
G 600 (1979,10-3,4)
References:
Michel, BM, no. 68; Michel, DMG, no. 21.2.b_2
Material:
jasper, green to black
Dimensions:
32.5 x 24 x 17.4 mm
Dating:
3rd c. AD (Michel)
Iconography:
Hecate; torch, burning; clothing: garment; Apollo?; modii (3); tripus?; figure, jackal-headed; figure, ibis-headed; figure, bird-headed; whips (2); torches (2); weapon: daggers (2); scepter, unspecified

A: Hecate trimorph in a long garment, holding burning torches in her uppermost hands, daggers in the middle, whips in the lowermost hands. The three heads are adorned with modii. Below: three nude, animal-headed (from left to right: bird, jackal, ibis) standing figures.
B: Nude youth standing to left, with staff in the right hand (Apollo?). Inscription beginning on the left at the bottom, and running round: ειλεωσεσοαιμοιπροσεριωει. Under the figure: σο.
C: Continuation of the inscription begun on B, in two lines going round:
ανεπιβαλλομαιποιησαικεαισομοιεπι|τευκτιδαον → {ε}ἵλεως ἔσο ἐμοί, Προσερίῳ, εἰς ὅ δὰν ἐπιβάλλωμαι ποιῆσαι, καὶ ἔσο μοι ἐπιτευκτικόν. ‘Be favorable to me, Proserius, with respect to whatever I undertake to do, and be for me a promoter of success.’ (R. Daniel)

Bibliography
Michel, BM on CBd-446
The British Museum Collection database on CBd-446
Daniel 2003, 139-140.

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CBd-446. 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/446 on 16-09-2024.

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