Magical gem: Cynochephalus, αμωρ
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CBd-Number:
CBd-553
ID-Number:
GB-BM-MMEu_G 75, EA 56075
Collection:
GB_London, The British Museum
Inventory:
G 75 (EA 56075)
References:
Michel, BM, no. 154; Michel, DMG, no. 36.1.a_2
Former Collections:
Towneley Collection
Material:
jasper, yellow
Dimensions:
13 x 10 x 3 mm
Dating:
3rd c. AD (Michel)
Iconography:
animal: cynocephalus; gesture, greeting; gesture, ithyphallic; solar disk; uraeus
Divine Names & Voces:
ηνναμαρω and variants
A: Ithyphallic baboon in profile, standing to left, with arms raised in greeting, tail hanging and turned back in U-shape. On the head: solar disk with uraeus. Inscription in the free field on the right, in two lines: αμ|ωρ → variant of ηνναμαρω?
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Michel, BM on CBd-553
The British Museum Collection database on CBd-553
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CBd-553. 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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