Talismans - Magical gem: Harpocrates sitting on uterus (A) inscription (B)

Magical gem: Harpocrates sitting on uterus (A) inscription (B)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-1055

ID-Number:

US-AA-SCL_Bonner 19

Collection:

US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library

Inventory:

SCL-Bonner 19

References:

Bonner, SMA D. 141; Michel, DMG, no. 54.2.l_2

Former Collections:

Bonner, Campbell (1876 Nashville – 1954 Ann Arbor)

Material:

carnelian, yellow to orange

Dimensions:

29 x 23 x 4 mm

Iconography:

Harpocrates seated with one leg bent in knee; Ouroboros; uterus, in the form of a cupping vessel; key (7-bitted); solar disk; gesture, hand raised to mouth

Divine Names & Voces:

vocales; ορωριουθ; αεμειναεβαρωθερ-palindrome

Logoi:

ακτιωφι-logos

A: Ouroboros with head at top to right, enclosing Harpocrates sitting to front, head to left, with one leg extended, on a uterus with a seven-bitted key below it. Head crowned with the solar disk, right hand raised to mouth, left hand resting on the knobbed handle of the key. Inscription inside the Ouroboros: ακτιωφιρεσχιγαλνεβουτοσουαληθιααεηιουω → vocales, incipit of ακτιωφι-logos.
B: Inscription in eight lines:ορωριο|υθαεμει|ναεβαρωθ|ερρεθωρα|βεανιεμ||εα, five characteres|ιαηιεηι|ουωηιη → ορωριουθ, αεμειναεβαρωθερ-palindrome.

Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1055
Images
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/slide141.JPEG" target="_blank">Image of A in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library
http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/hsl/141rev.JPEG" target="_blank">Image of B in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library

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CBd-1055. 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/1055 on 18-11-2024.