Magical gem: Stork with lizard (A) voces (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-466
ID-Number:
US-AA-SCL_Bonner 51
Collection:
US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library
Inventory:
SCL-Bonner 51
References:
Smith–Hutton 1908, no. nr. 223; Bonner, SMA D. 307; Michel, DMG, no. 27.3_1
Former Collections:
Bonner, Campbell (1876 Nashville – 1954 Ann Arbor); Cook, Wyndham Francis (1860–1905)
Material:
jasper, red
Dimensions:
13 x 11 x 3 mm
Iconography:
animal: lizard; bird: stork
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβρασάξ; Ἰάω; Σαβαώθ; Ἀδωναΐ
A: Stork standing to left, with lizard in its bill.
B: Inscription, badly spelled, in three lines: ααωνεαι|ιαηαιαω|αβρβασαχξ → Ἀδωναΐ, vocales including Ἰάω, variant of Ἀβρασάξ.
C: Inscription around the edge: εαβαωθ → variant of Σαβαώθ.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-466
Images
See the photography by G. Kornbluth
(In: 'Abrasax gems' of Kornbluth Photography)
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/slide307.JPEG" target="_blank">Image of A in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/307rev.JPEG" target="_blank">Image of B in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library
B: Inscription, badly spelled, in three lines: ααωνεαι|ιαηαιαω|αβρβασαχξ → Ἀδωναΐ, vocales including Ἰάω, variant of Ἀβρασάξ.
C: Inscription around the edge: εαβαωθ → variant of Σαβαώθ.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-466
Images
See the photography by G. Kornbluth
(In: 'Abrasax gems' of Kornbluth Photography)
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/slide307.JPEG" target="_blank">Image of A in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/307rev.JPEG" target="_blank">Image of B in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library
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CBd-466. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy.
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