Magical(?) gem: Lion trampling a body
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CBd-Number:
CBd-457
ID-Number:
US-AA-KMA_26150
Collection:
US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Inventory:
26150
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 213; Michel, DMG, no. 37.A.3.b_1
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
17 x 10 x 2 mm
Iconography:
gesture, lying; gesture, hand raised to mouth; animal: lion; moon, crescent; star; clothing: garment; Nemesis?; figure, unidentified; rider
A: On the right, lion walking to left over a figure lying on the ground; above his back: head and shoulders of a youth. Crescent over the lion's head, star on the right. On the left: Nemesis? (Bonner: female worshiper) in a long garment facing right, hand to lips.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-457
The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-457
Images
See the photography by G. Kornbluth
(In: 'Abrasax gems' of Kornbluth Photography)
Last modified: 2019-10-31 21:40:35
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CBd-457. 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/457 on 09-03-2025.
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