Magical gem: Uterus, deities (A) vox (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1254
ID-Number:
DE-Hamburg-Skoluda_M074
Collection:
DE_Hamburg, Skoluda Collection
Inventory:
M074
References:
Michel 2001, no. 79; Michel, DMG, no. 54.2.d_10
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
21.8 x 16.5 x 2.8 mm
Dating:
2nd–3rd c. AD (Michel)
Iconography:
Ouroboros; crown, Isis-; clothing: tunic; clothing: mantle; uterus, in the form of a cupping vessel; key (7-bitted); Isis; Anubis as mummy; rays (5); Chnoubis, lion-headed; clothing: bandage
Divine Names & Voces:
ορωριουθ
Logoi:
σοροορ-logos
A: Ouroboros, head at top in profile to left, encircling an uterus-symbol with a seven-bitted key and a group of deities. From left to right: mummy of the jackal-headed Anubis, head in profile to right; lion-headed Chnoubis with rays, in profile to left; and Isis, to left, wearing crown, tunic and mantle. Inscription outside the Ouroboros: σοροορμερφεργαρβαρφριουριγξ → σοροορ-logos.
B. Inscribed in two lines: ορωρ|ιουθ → ορωριουθ.
Bibliography
Michel 2001 on CBd-1254
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CBd-1254. 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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