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Magical pendant: Anubis, Isis (A) Osiris, Anguipes (B)
CBd-Number:
CBd-944
ID-Number:
GB-BM-MMEu_G 166, EA 56166
Collection:
GB_London, The British Museum
Inventory:
G 166 (EA 56166)
References:
Bonner 1951, no. 10; Michel, BM, no. 585; Michel, DMG, no. 26.1.c_7
Former Collections:
Praun and Mertens Collection; Eastwood, George
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
35 x 8.5 mm
Dating:
3rd c. AD (Michel)
Iconography:
Isis?; shoes: boots; crown, unspecified; vessel: situla; weapon: armour; clothing: garment; clothing: kilt; clothing: bandage; Osiris; Anubis; scepter, unspecified
Divine Names & Voces:
vocales; Ἀβλαναθαναλβα, variants; σεμεσειλαμ and variants

A: Anubis standing in profile to left, wearing shoes and kilt, upper body nude. Right hand holding a staff, left hand holding a situla. Below, upside down, a female figure wearing a long robe (Isis?). To the right of the figures, inscription vertically in two lines, from top to bottom: αβαλαναθα|ιηιαιοα → variant of Ἀβλαναθαναλβα, vocales.
B: Osiris mummy, to front, head crowned and surrounded with animal protomes. Below, upside down, remains of an Anguipes, only the snake’s legs and the armour visible. In the free field beside the figures, letters and characteres. On the right, inscription vertically, from top to bottom: σεμεσειλαμ.

Bibliography
Bonner 1951 on CBd-944
Michel, BM on CBd-944

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CBd-944. 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/944 on 08-02-2025.

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