Talismans - Magical gem: Deities standing on uterus (A) scarab, uterus (B)

Magical gem: Deities standing on uterus (A) scarab, uterus (B)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-1054

ID-Number:

US-AA-SCL_Bonner 20

Collection:

US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library

Inventory:

SCL-Bonner 20

References:

Bonner, SMA D. 139; Michel, DMG, no. 54.4.b_5

Former Collections:

Bonner, Campbell (1876 Nashville – 1954 Ann Arbor)

Material:

metal

Dimensions:

21.3 x 17.5 x 3.4 mm

Iconography:

Isis; clothing: mantle; crown, unspecified; clothing: garment; uterus, in the form of a cupping vessel; uterus, octopus-like; scarab; animal: lion; Bes; object, unidentified

Logoi:

σθομβαολη-logos

A: Ouroboros with head at top to left, enclosing a uterus in the form of a cupping vessel, and a six-bitted keys below it. Above, in the center, a goddess (Isis?) in a long robe and mantle to left, stretching her right hand (holding something?) towards Bes, standing to front on the left. To the right of the goddess, a lion walking to right. In the free field, above and below them, the seven vowels.
B: At top, a scarab. At bottom, an octopus-like uterus. Inscription in two lines around the edge: ορωριουθ characteres σθομβαολ.βαυλεσθομβαρολαβθομβληθραλθημιθνι → ορωριουθ, σθομβαολη-logos( σθομβαοληβαολησθομβαλακαμσθομβλη).

Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1054

Images
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/slide139.JPEG" target="_blank">Image of A in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/139rev.JPEG" target="_blank">Image of B in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library

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CBd-1054. 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/1054 on 09-03-2025.