Magical gem: Horus sitting on lotus flower (A) Ἀβλαναθαναλβα (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1101
ID-Number:
US-NY-MMA-GRA_41.160.638
Collection:
US_New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Greek and Roman Art
Inventory:
41.160.638
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 191; Michel, DMG, no. 19.1.a_20
Material:
jasper (colour unspecified)
Dimensions:
29 x 23 x 5 mm
Dating:
ca. 2nd–3rd c. AD (MM Coll. website)
Iconography:
Ouroboros; gesture, hand raised to mouth; plant: lotus buds (2); Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower; Harpocrates seated with knees drawn up; primeval mound?; flails (2)
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβλαναθαναλβα, palindrome; Ἰάω; vocales, αεηιουω
A: Ouroboros, with head at top, to right, enclosing Harpocrates, sitting to left with knees drawn up, on a lotus flower with two buds, which is positioned on a baseline standing for the primeval mound (?). Right hand raised to mouth, left hand holding two flails. Inscription around the edge: αεηιουωιαω → The Greek vowel series, Ἰάω.
B: αβλαναθαναλβα → Ἀβλαναθαναλβα, palindrome.
The image shows the impression, reversed in printing.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1101
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/130014276" target="_blank">The Metropolitan Museum Collections website on CBd-1101
B: αβλαναθαναλβα → Ἀβλαναθαναλβα, palindrome.
The image shows the impression, reversed in printing.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1101
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/130014276" target="_blank">The Metropolitan Museum Collections website on CBd-1101
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CBd-1101. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy.
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