Talismans - Magical gem in silver (?) mount: Harpocrates in papyrus boat with animal triads (A) inscription (B)

Magical gem in silver (?) mount: Harpocrates in papyrus boat with animal triads (A) inscription (B)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-1397

ID-Number:

US-AA-KMA_26033

Collection:

US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Inventory:

26033

References:

Bonner, SMA D. 204; Michel, DMG, no. 19.4.a_6

Material:

haematite (black)

Dimensions:

22 x 21 x 2 mm

Iconography:

animal: goats (3); solar disk; side-lock of youth; scarabs (3); moon, crescent; Harpocrates seated with knees drawn up; gesture, hand raised to mouth; flail; boat, papyrus; birds (3); bird: falcons (3); star

Logoi:

χαβραχ-logos

A: Harpocrates sitting nude, with knees drawn up, to left, in a small papyrus boat. Head crowned with the solar disk, side-lock of youth visible. Right hand raised to mouth, left hand bent in elbow and holding a flail. Above, to the left of Harpocrates, a star; to the right, a crescent. Around, triads of animals: above, scarabs; on the right, goats; on the left, falcons. The lower part of the gem is broken, traces of further reptiles visible.
B: Inscription in six lines: χαβραχ|φνεσχηρ|φιχροφνυι|ρωφωχω|βωχτηνχ (character) αριν [...] → χαβραχ-logos, τὴν χάριν, Illegible letters. Around the edge, illegible letters (ψ χ χ ω) or characteres.
Set in a post-antique silver mount.

Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1397
The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1397
Michel, DMG, 19.4.a_6.

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CBd-1397. 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/1397 on 14-09-2024.