Talismans - Magical gem: Harpocrates in papyrus boat, triads of animals (A) Greek text (B)

Magical gem: Harpocrates in papyrus boat, triads of animals (A) Greek text (B)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-1065

ID-Number:

US-AA-SCL_Bonner 17

Collection:

US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library

Inventory:

SCL-Bonner 17

References:

Bonner, SMA D. 206; Michel, DMG, no. 19.4.a_5

Former Collections:

Bonner, Campbell (1876 Nashville – 1954 Ann Arbor)

Material:

jasper, green to black

Dimensions:

23 x 19 x 5 mm

Iconography:

animal: crocodiles (3); solar disk; snakes (3); side-lock of youth; scarabs (3); moon, crescent; Harpocrates seated with knees drawn up; gesture, hand raised to mouth; flail; boat, papyrus; bird: falcons (3); animal: goats (3); star

Logoi:

χαβραχ-logos

A: Harpocrates sitting to right in a small boat. The god’s knees are drawn up, his right hand raised to his mouth, his left holds a flail. A long side-lock of youth is falling to his neck, on the top of his head: the solar disk. Above the god an eight-pointed star and a crescent. Around Harpocrates, triads of animals, clockwise from the top: scarabs; goats; crocodiles; uraei and falcons.
B: Inscription in seven lines: χαβρ|αχφνε|σχηρφι|κροφνυ|ρωφω||χωβω|χ → χαβραχ-logos.
C: Inscribed: δοσχαρινφορουντι → δὸς χάριν φοροῦντι. 'Grant favor to the wearer.'

Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1065

Images
Image of A in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library
Image of B in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library

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CBd-1065. 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/1065 on 14-09-2024.