Talismans - Magical gem: Reaper (A) 'For the hips' (B)

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Magical gem: Reaper (A) 'For the hips' (B)

CBd-Number:

CBd-783

ID-Number:

GB-BM-MMEu_G 46, EA 56046

Collection:

GB_London, The British Museum

Inventory:

G 46 (EA 56046)

References:

Bonner, SMA D. 116; Michel, BM, no. 425; Michel, DMG, no. 47.1.a_4

Former Collections:

Sloane, Sir Hans

Material:

haematite (black)

Dimensions:

20.5 x 31.5 x 5 mm

Dating:

4th c. AD (Michel)

Iconography:

reaper; clothing: cap; clothing: kilt; plant: tree; sickle; water hose?; plant: stalks of grain (6)

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A: Reaper bending to right to cut grain with a sickle. He wears a kilt and a cap, upper body nude. Behind him, on the left, a tree with a water hose (?) hung on it.
B: Horizontal inscription: σχιων → <ἰ>σχίων. 'For the hips'.

Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-783
Michel, BM on CBd-783

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CBd-783. 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/783 on 24-04-2025.

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