Ring
200-300
| Artist/Maker |
Oval chrysoprase with curved face engraved with a figure and symbols. Obverse: Lion-headed Chnoubis in profile to left, head surrounded with a nimbus and seven rays, with the Greek vowels inserted between the rays: αεηιουω (the letters η and ι are inserted together between the third and four rays). The hoop, now detached, is a plain gold wire, possibly modern.
Reverse: Chnoubis-sign, surrounded with the letters: χνουβισ → Χνουβίς.
Reverse: Chnoubis-sign, surrounded with the letters: χνουβισ → Χνουβίς.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Gold and engraved chrysoprase |
| Brief description | Oval chrysoprase, engraved with magical emblems and the figure of Chnoubis, with a plain gold wire hoop. 3rd century CE. |
| Physical description | Oval chrysoprase with curved face engraved with a figure and symbols. Obverse: Lion-headed Chnoubis in profile to left, head surrounded with a nimbus and seven rays, with the Greek vowels inserted between the rays: αεηιουω (the letters η and ι are inserted together between the third and four rays). The hoop, now detached, is a plain gold wire, possibly modern. Reverse: Chnoubis-sign, surrounded with the letters: χνουβισ → Χνουβίς. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Catalogued by the Campbell-Bonner magical gems database (classics.mfab.hu/talismans/cbd/2682 ), database ID CBd- 2914 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 612-1871 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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