Talismans - Magical gem: Anguipes (A) mummy (B) φίμωσον (C)

Magical gem: Anguipes (A) mummy (B) φίμωσον (C)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-614

ID-Number:

GB-BM-MMEu_G 278, EA 56278

Collection:

GB_London, The British Museum

Inventory:

G 278 (EA 56278)

References:

Michel, BM, no. 216; Michel, DMG, no. 3.A.3.a_4

Former Collections:

Hay, R. J.

Material:

jasper, green to black

Dimensions:

16 x 11 x 2 mm

Dating:

3rd c. AD (Michel)

Iconography:

Anguipes, cock-headed; weapon: armour; whip; weapon: shield; crown, unspecified; Osiris; clothing: bandage

Divine Names & Voces:

Σαβαώθ; voces, unidentified; vocales; Ἰάω, variants; Ἀβλαναθαναλβα, variants

A: Frontal view of cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to right. Right hand holding a whip, left hand holding a round shield, porpax and antilabe visible. Inscription below the legs, between two horizontal lines: αβλαναθαλβα → variant of Ἀβλαναθαναλβα..Below the lower line: συιυχιισ. Next to the right leg, in two lines: ιιλυιι|ιιθσισ; running along the upper edge of the stone: ανθυμαισαβαωθαεηι; slantwise above the shield: εββε → unidentified voces.
B: Standing mummy, to front, wearing crown, arms not visible. In the free field to the left and right of the figure: letters and characteres in four lines. In the last line: ιαωθ → variant of Ἰάω.
C: Inscription around the edge: φιμωσον → φίμωσον.

Bibliography
Michel, BM on CBd-614
The British Museum Collection database on CBd-614
Daniel 2003, 141 (about the name Iawth)

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CBd-614. 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/614 on 07-09-2024.