Coptic Furniture Fitting (?)
Classical Antiquities
Date | modern |
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Object type | gem |
Medium, technique | cast, bronze |
Dimensions | 3.92 × 3 x 1.04 cm |
Inventory number | 53.171 |
Collection | Classical Antiquities |
On view | This artwork is not on display |
Upright oval, side A flat, side B strongly convex. Bronze. A: Chnoubis-snake with unspecified head, rays around the head. Around him, triads of animals: at the top scarabs; birds and snakes on the left; quadrupeds and (fish-like) crocodiles on the right. B: Frontal view of an Anguipes in armour, with elongated trunk, head to left. Both hands raised, right hand holding a round shield, cock-head and whip not indicated. Hollowed depression in the zone of the heart. On the two sides and around: characteres and letters, mostly vowels, making no sense. Above the left hand: να; below the elbow: μ; on the two sides of the waist, respectively: ζηιι|υοι and ιηνλσ (inverted) |ιυο; beneath the snakes: αιιυιιμηυ → voces including vocales. The gem belongs to the Anguipes-Chnoubis group.
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