Talismans - Magical gem: Ares (A) Greek inscription, characteres (B)

Magical gem: Ares (A) Greek inscription, characteres (B)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-756

ID-Number:

GB-BM-MMEu_G 112, EA 56112

Collection:

GB_London, The British Museum

Inventory:

G 112 (EA 56112)

References:

Michel, BM, no. 385; Michel, DMG, no. 5.1_1

Former Collections:

Praun and Mertens Collection; Eastwood, George

Material:

haematite (black)

Dimensions:

35 x 25 x 5 mm

Dating:

3rd c. AD (Michel)

Iconography:

Ares, Mars ultor-type; clothing: mantle; weapon: armour; weapon: helmet; weapon: shield; weapon: spear; shoes: boots

Divine Names & Voces:

Ἄρης

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A: Frontal view of Ares, head to left, right hand raised and leaning on a spear,

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tip pointing downwards, left hand lowered beside the body and holding a round shield. The figure wears armour, helmet, boots and chlamys. Inscription around the edge, in two lines: αρησετεμεντουηπατοστονπονο → Ἄρης ἔτεμεν τοῦ ἥπατος τὸν πόνο<ν>. ’Ares has cut off the pain of the liver’. In the second line: imitation writing.
B: Five lines of characteres.

Bibliography
Michel, BM on CBd-756
Faraone 2009, 261, No. 8.
The British Museum Collection database on CBd-756

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CBd-756. 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/756 on 09-03-2025.