Talismans - Magical gem: Deities standing on uterus (A) Greek inscription (B)

Magical gem: Deities standing on uterus (A) Greek inscription (B)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-1049

ID-Number:

US-AA-SCL_Bonner 22

Collection:

US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library

Inventory:

SCL-Bonner 22

References:

Bonner, SMA D. 131; Michel, DMG, no. 54.2.f_9

Former Collections:

Bonner, Campbell (1876 Nashville – 1954 Ann Arbor)

Material:

haematite (black)

Dimensions:

18 x 12 x 4 mm

Iconography:

Nephthys; clothing, unspecified; gesture, greeting; figure, winged; gesture, protective; clothing: bandage; Osiris; Ouroboros; key (6-bitted); cornucopia; Anubis as mummy; uterus, in the form of a cupping vessel; Isis-Tyche; crown, unspecified

Divine Names & Voces:

voces, unidentified; ορωριουθ; vocales, αεηιουω

Logoi:

σοροορ-logos

A: Ouroboros encircling a uterus-symbol with a six-bitted key. Uterus with fallopian tubes and ligaments. Above the uterus, a group of deities, from left to right: Nephthys with wings facing right in a gesture of protection; Anubis as a mummy with head to right; the mummy of Osiris in profile to left; Isis-Tyche with cornucopia, right hand raised in greeting. The figures of Nephthys, Osiris and Isis-Tyche are crowned. Below them, flanking the uterus: αε|ηι|ο → part of the Greek vowel series. Inscription outside the Ouroboros: σορο[- - -]φριου[- - -]. → σοροορ-logos.
B: Inscription in five lines: ορωριο|υθσουε|ρουθκαι|εισσχυρ|αιναν → unidentified voces inculding ορωριουθ and, perhaps a Greek text (?). For a possible interpretation, see Bonner, SMA.

Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1049

Images
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/slide131.JPEG" target="_blank">Image of A in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/131rev.JPEG" target="_blank">mage of B in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library

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CBd-1049. 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/1049 on 18-11-2024.