Magical gem: Leaping ram, vox
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CBd-Number:
CBd-718
ID-Number:
GB-BM-MMEu_G 431, ΕA 56431
Collection:
GB_London, The British Museum
Inventory:
G 431 (ΕA 56431)
References:
Michel, BM, no. 341; Michel, DMG, no. 56.2
Material:
jasper, green to black
Dimensions:
14 x 16 x 2 mm
Dating:
3rd c. AD (Michel)
Iconography:
animal: ram; moon, crescent; star
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβρασάξ
A: Ram in profile to left, leaping, head turned backwards. In the free field on the right, next to the ram’s head, a crescent and an eight-pointed star. Unidentified sign below the animal’s belly - perhaps the astrological symbol for ’house’ or a variation on the α missing from the inscription, which runs around the image, beginning next to the ram’s forelegs: βρασαξ → <Ἀ>βρασάξ.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Michel, BM on CBd-718
Michel 2011, 82, pl. 2a-b.
The British Museum Collection database on CBd-718
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CBd-718. 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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