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Magical gem: Tropaion, thunderbolt (A) Ἀβραξάς (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1151
ID-Number:
DE-Augsburg, RömMus_1995,1696
Collection:
DE_Augsburg, Römisches Museum
Inventory:
1995,1696
Material:
lapis lazuli (blue)
Dimensions:
8 x 10.5 x 1.8 mm
Dating:
last 3rd of the 1st c. – early 2nd c. (G. Platz-Horster)
Iconography:
thunderbolt; tropaion
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβραξάς
Place of discovery:
Augsburg
Found in Augsbug, at 11 Ausseres Pfaffengässchen, "Aus der Benutzungsschicht einer Holzbauphase des letzten Drittel des 1. - Anfang 2. Jahrhunderts n. Chr." (G. Platz-Horster)
A: Tropaion above a thunderbolt.
B: Fragment of an inscription in one line: [- -]ραξασ → [Ἀβ]ραξάς.
Bibliography
Platz-Horster 2012, 40-41, No. 13.
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CBd-1151. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy.
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