Magical gem: Pantheos (A) vocales (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-569
ID-Number:
GB-BM-MMEu_G 312, EA 56312
Collection:
GB_London, The British Museum
Inventory:
G 312 (EA 56312)
References:
Michel, BM, no. 171; Michel, DMG, no. 41.4.b_2
Former Collections:
Harris Collection
Material:
carnelian (colour unspecified)
Dimensions:
19 x 15 x 2.5 mm
Dating:
17th–18th c. AD (Michel)
Iconography:
clothing: kilt; crown, atef; staff, snake entwined; clothing: headcloth?; Pantheos; tail of crocodile; feet, in the shape of jackal's heads; uraei (4)
Divine Names & Voces:
vocales
A: Four-winged Pantheos figure, to front, head and feet to right. Hardly identifiable head (jackal or bird?) covered with a headdress (?) and topped with a large atef crown complete with ram’s horns, uraei and solar disks. The god wears a kilt, while a crocodile’s tail and a snake project left from the hips. Lower arms, beside the body, hold snake entwined staves topped with animal heads, upper arms, stretched out horizontally, hold uraei.
B: Inscription in four lines arranged in a circle: ιαουεηωιη|αεηι|ευιω|υιω → vocales.
Bibliography
Michel, BM on CBd-569
The British Museum Collection database on CBd-569
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CBd-569. 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/569 on 09-03-2025.
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