Magical gem: Antilop-headed Anguipes
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CBd-Number:
CBd-640
ID-Number:
GB-BM-MMEu_G 379, EA 56379
Collection:
GB_London, The British Museum
Inventory:
G 379 (EA 56379)
References:
Michel, BM, no. 242; Michel, DMG, no. 3.E_4
Former Collections:
Castellani Collection
Material:
sard (brown)
Dimensions:
22 x 12 x 2.5 mm
Dating:
17th c. AD (Michel)
Iconography:
Anguipes, antilop-headed; weapon: armour; weapon: shield; whip
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified
A: Frontal view of an antilop-headed Anguipes in armour, head to left. Right arm close to the body and holding a round shield, partly hid behind the body, porpax visible. Left hand raised high and holding a whip. Around, inscription with mirror writing, beginning next to the right snake-leg: υονυιυπσολλδρσδνχοπιιπ → unidentified voces.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Michel, BM on CBd-640
The British Museum Collection database on CBd-640
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Michel, BM on CBd-640
The British Museum Collection database on CBd-640
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CBd-640. 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/640 on 09-03-2025.
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