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Magnetite gem: Cerberus, voces
PP-ID:
PP-1205
Classification:
Collection ID:
DE-Berlin-Ant_32.237,369
Collection Inventory:
32.237,369
Former Collections:
Material:
Dimensions:
10.7 × 14.3 × 3.2 mm
Iconography:
Divine Names & Voces:

Transverse oval. Blackish gray magnetite, intact.  (Shape 7).

Side A: Three-headed Cerberus standing in profile to left on a baseline, star (?) below the tip of the tail. Greek inscription on the figure's body in mirror writing: αιλυσι → unidentified vox, and around, from right to left: χυκυιχ υιιχ αιααλλνγχ. In a second line beginning between two of the heads: λαχρι (χ written inside the α) → unidentified voces.
Side B: Plain.

Selected bibliography
Weiss 2007 >>, 318, no. 664; click here for the full-text excerpt.


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Credits Photomicrograph: Á. M. Nagy, 2025

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