Magical gem: Anubis (A) Greek inscription (B)
CBd-Number CBd-3230
ID-Number Wu_Ex-Museo Borgiano 312 Collection Int_Whereabouts unknown Inventory Ex-Museo Borgiano 312 Former
Collections Borgia, Stefano (Velletri 1731 – Lione 1804) Material chalcedony, white to
brown/grey Iconography
Anubis; clothing: kilt; plant:
palm branch; rays (4);
Chnoubis, snake-headed Credits: www.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk
Rights: Thorvaldsens Museum / Public Domain Description: Upright oval. Chalcedony.
A: Standing, jackal-headed Anubis in a short kilt, facing left, holding a palm branch with both hands. Wrapped around the branch, the snake-headed Chnoubis (?) with four rays.
B: Greek letter and characteres.
Bibliography
Georg Zoëga, in Musei d'Italia III /1880/, 450, no. 4. A series of drawings designed for the Zoëga- catalogue is now preserved at Thorvaldsens Museum in Copenhagen, for CBd-3230 see D1402.
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