Talismans - Magical pendant: Isis lactans (A) Bes (B)

Magical pendant: Isis lactans (A) Bes (B)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-1029

ID-Number:

US-AA-SCL_Bonner 38

Collection:

US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library

Inventory:

SCL-Bonner 38

References:

Bonner, SMA D. 32; Michel, DMG, no. 30.1.b_10

Former Collections:

Bonner, Campbell (1876 Nashville – 1954 Ann Arbor)

Material:

jasper, green to black

Dimensions:

19 x 18 x 3 mm

Iconography:

Isis lactans; Bes; gesture, greeting; star; moon, crescent; solar disk?; clothing: garment; throne; Harpocrates; crown, of feathers

Divine Names & Voces:

αθθα βαθθα and variants; τασβερβερετας and variants

A: Isis, wearing a long robe, seated to the right with infant Horus on her knees. Horus, crowned with the solar disk, raises his right hand in greeting. Inscription at the sides, beginning on the left: αθθα; on the right, from bottom to top (retrograde): βαθθα → αθθα βαθθα.
B: Bes, crowned with three feathers; crescent on the right open to the left, star on the left.
C: On the edge, τασβερβερετας.

Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1029

Images
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/slide32.JPEG" target="_blank">Image of A in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/32rev.JPEG" target="_blank">Image of B in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library

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CBd-1029. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy. Retrieved from: cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/1029 on 09-03-2025.