Magical gem in a gold setting: Magna Mater, Danubian riders (A) ταυαγε, lion (B)
CBd-Number CBd-4211
Collection IT_Firenze, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Inventory 1300
References Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Fi 74
Material agate, red to brown Dimensions 20 x 15 x 3.2 mm
Iconography
animal: lion; gesture, lying;
gesture, orant; star; snakes (2); clothing: mantle; weapon:
armour; weapon: helmet;
Selene; Helios; object, unidentified; clothing:
garment; weapon: axe; fish;
Magna Mater; Danubian riders (2); table; headband;
figures, male (2); bird,
unspecified; bread (3 loaves);
vessel, unspecified; head, of ram; busts (2)
Divine Names &
Voces
voces, unidentified; sign, unidentified; ταυαγε
Credits:
Rights: © Polo Museale della Toscana / Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze
Description: Transverse oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Dark brown agate. Chipped on the edge, mounted in a modern gold setting with a ring. Similar to CBd-687.
A: In the middle, a female figure wearing a long garment, kolpos and a headband, holding two horses by the reins (Magna Mater), each of them trampling over a lying figure. The riders are wearing helmet, armour amd mantle, one arm raised and holding an axe. Behind each rider: a smaller figure with arms raised in prayer and a snake. Above: the bust of Helios and the bust of Selene. Below: elements of a sacrifice scene (from left to right): fish, two loaves of bread on a table, table with three loaves of bread, a vessel (?), a bird, a ram’s head, and an unidentified object.
B: Greek inscription: ταυαγε → unidentified vox. Above: unidentified signs. Below: lion striding to the left. On the left: a six-pointed star.
Bibliography SGG II, 62–63, Fi 74.
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