Magical gem: Anguipes, voces (A) snake, voces (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-610
ID-Number:
GB-BM-MMEu_G 413, EA 56413
Collection:
GB_London, The British Museum
Inventory:
G 413 (EA 56413)
References:
Michel, BM, no. 212; Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.2.i_9
Former Collections:
Blacas Collection
Material:
jasper, yellow
Dimensions:
16 x 13 x 3 mm
Dating:
3rd c. AD (Michel)
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; weapon: armour; weapon: shield; whip; object, unidentified; rays (3); Chnoubis, snake-headed; thunderbolt?
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified
A: Frontal view of cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to left. Both the round shield and the whip are held high in the right hand, left hand also raised high and holding an unidentified object (thunderbolt?). Inscription in the free field to the left of the figure: ντ; to the right of the figure: πδ; around, beginning bottom right: χηωκιευνπυκνγδιαξ → unidentified voces.
B: Snake represented vertically, head to left and crowned with three rays (Chnoubis?). Inscription around, beginning on the left at the top: μχπκιευδν → unidentified voces.
Bibliography
Michel, BM on CBd-610
The British Museum Collection database on CBd-610
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CBd-610. 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/610 on 07-09-2024.
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