Magical gem: Harpocrates in papyrus boat with animal triads (A) Voces (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1400
ID-Number:
US-AA-KMA_1963.04.0011
Collection:
US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Inventory:
1963.04.0011
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 209; Michel, DMG, no. 19.4.e_5
Material:
stone, green
Dimensions:
37 x 36 mm
Dating:
1st–2nd century AD (Kelsey)
Iconography:
animal: crocodiles (3); plant: lotus buds (2); scepter, unspecified; star; solar disk; snakes (3); scarabs (3); moon, crescent; Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower; Harpocrates seated with legs extended; flail; crown, unspecified; boat, papyrus; bird: falcons (3); uraeus
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἰάω; vocales
A: Harpocrates sitting to left on a lotus flower with legs hanging down, in a small papyrus boat. Head crowned with the solar disk and uraei. Right hand bent in elbow and holding a flail, left hand holding a short scepter. Around, triads of animals, clockwise from right: scarabs, snakes, crocodiles, falcons. Above, to the left of Harpocrates, an eight-pointed star; to the right, a crescent.
B: Inscription in four lines: ευ|ειωφηιουαη|ιαωαευωη|ωαηωευφ|αιια → vocales including Ἰάω and a consonant (φ).
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1400
The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1400
Michel, DMG, 19.4.e_5.
B: Inscription in four lines: ευ|ειωφηιουαη|ιαωαευωη|ωαηωευφ|αιια → vocales including Ἰάω and a consonant (φ).
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1400
The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1400
Michel, DMG, 19.4.e_5.
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CBd-1400. 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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