Magical gem: Osiris in papyrus boat (A) vocales, pseudo-hieroglyphs (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1258
ID-Number:
US-AA-KMA_26061
Collection:
US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Inventory:
26061
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 2; Michel, DMG, no. 39.4.a_3
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
22 x 15 x 3 mm
Iconography:
boat, papyrus; hieroglyph; crown, double; bird: falcons (2); clothing: bandage; Osiris; Nephthys; Isis; gesture, protective; gesture, arms crossed; crown, atef; clothing: garment; crown, double feathers?
Divine Names & Voces:
vocales, αεηιουω
A: Osiris as a mummy, standing to front in a papyrus boat, wearing the atef-crown complete with ram's horns and uraei. He is flanked by two winged goddesses with double feathers crown (?), raising their arms in a gesture of protection, and wearing long garments. Two falcons crowned with the double crown of Egypt perch on the stem and stern of the boat.
B: αεηιουω → The Greek vowel series arranged between pseudo-hieroglyphs.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1258
The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1258
Last modified: 2019-10-28 16:01:22
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CBd-1258. 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/1258 on 14-06-2025.
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