Magical gem: Osiris in papyrus boat, scarab
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1272
ID-Number:
US-AA-KMA_1963.04.0001
Collection:
US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Inventory:
1963.04.0001
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 4; Michel, DMG, no. 39.1.b_3
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
19 x 16 x 3 mm
Iconography:
scarab, with outstretched double wings; Osiris; clothing: bandage; flails (2); bird: falcons (2); crown, atef; crown, of Upper Egypt; gesture, arms crossed; wig
A: Osiris bandaged as a mummy standing to front in a papyrus boat, arms crossed and holding flails, head crowned with the atef-crown. A large falcon crowned with the white crown (or double crown?) perch at each end of the boat. Below the boat, a scarab with outstretched double wings, with a crescent open to top above its right wings and an eight-pointed star above its left wings.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1272
The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1272
Last modified: 2019-10-28 16:03:03
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CBd-1272. 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/1272 on 14-06-2025.
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