Magical (?) gem: Harpocrates and cynocephalus (A) Inscription (B-C)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1389
ID-Number:
US-AA-KMA_26041
Collection:
US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Inventory:
26041
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 194; Michel, DMG, no. 19.1.e_1
Material:
jasper, green to black
Dimensions:
19 x 13 x 3 mm
Iconography:
animal: cynocephalus; star; Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower; Harpocrates seated with knees drawn up; gesture, ithyphallic; gesture, hand raised to mouth; gesture, greeting; flail; animal: ram; moon, crescent
Divine Names & Voces:
αρρωριφρασις and variants
A: Harpocrates on a lotus flower sitting in profile to right, knees drawn up, right hand raised to mouth, left hand holding a flail. In front of him, an ithyphallic cynocephalus with both hands raised in a gesture of greeting; on the top of his head a solar disk, a ram behind him. An eight-pointed star above Harpocrates, a crescent above the baboon.
B: Inscribed in two lines: αρορ|ιπασι → variant of αρρωριφρασις.
C: Inscription around the edge: ευτυκησαγαθοποσ → εὐτυχὴς Ἀγάθωπος, “Agathopus is lucky.” (Bonner).
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1389
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.6041/0000_02_6041" target="_blank">The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1389
Michel, DMG, 19.1.e_1.
B: Inscribed in two lines: αρορ|ιπασι → variant of αρρωριφρασις.
C: Inscription around the edge: ευτυκησαγαθοποσ → εὐτυχὴς Ἀγάθωπος, “Agathopus is lucky.” (Bonner).
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1389
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.6041/0000_02_6041" target="_blank">The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1389
Michel, DMG, 19.1.e_1.
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CBd-1389. 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/1389 on 18-11-2024.
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