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Obverse: altar table or door and lintel of a naos, with three daggers, nails or plant-like stalks emanating from a point in the centre of its top. To the furthest left of these projections is tied an ibis; the straight cord is pulled taut and comes to the centre of the bird's back.. The ibis strides left with a hieratic gait. on either side of the bird and altar-like structure, and suspended level with the bird's breast, are two vaguely S-shaped aquiggles, possibly meant as uraei; above, a star, inscribed below the ground line with a magical name. The reverse is blank
History note: Perceval bequest
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Method of acquisition: Bequeathed by Perceval, Spencer George
3rd Century-4th Century#
Circa
200
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Circa
400
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Accession number: CG 503
Primary reference Number: 124581
Gem catalogue number: B 321(CM)
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Magical amulet" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/124581 Accessed: 2024-12-19 01:52:03
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