Magical gem: Horus with goddess (A) Greek inscription (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1393
ID-Number:
US-AA-KMA_26163
Collection:
US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Inventory:
26163
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 198; Michel, DMG, no. 30.2.a_3
Material:
jasper, red
Dimensions:
20 x 14 x 4 mm
Iconography:
clothing: garment; solar disk; plant: lotus buds (2); moon, crescent; scepter, was; hieroglyph, ankh; Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower; Harpocrates seated with knees drawn up; gesture, hand raised to mouth; figure, female; crown, double feathers; star
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβρασάξ; vocales; Ἰάω, variants
A: On the left, a female deity standing to right, facing Horus on the lotus flower. Three stars underneath. The goddess wears a long robe and the double feather crown; her left hand holds a was-scepter, her right hand holds an ankh. Horus is sitting with knees drawn up, right hand raised to mouth, solar disk on the head. Inscription under the lotus flower and on the left side of the image: ιαω → Ἰάω, in exergue χυχ. Star and crescent above the two figures.
B: Inscribed in three lines: αβρασαξ ιαεω → Ἀβρασάξ, vocales including variant of Ἰάω.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1393
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.6163/0000_02_6163" target="_blank">The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1393
Michel, DMG, 30.2.a_3.
B: Inscribed in three lines: αβρασαξ ιαεω → Ἀβρασάξ, vocales including variant of Ἰάω.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1393
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.6163/0000_02_6163" target="_blank">The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1393
Michel, DMG, 30.2.a_3.
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CBd-1393. 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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