Amulet gem: Harpocrates on a goose (A) Priest with Harpocrates' head (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1404
ID-Number:
US-AA-KMA_26046
Collection:
US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Inventory:
26046
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 215; Michel, DMG, no. 19.8_4
Material:
lapis lazuli (blue)
Dimensions:
17 x 13 x 2 mm
Iconography:
birds, unspecified; figure, male; bird, unspecified; vessel, unspecified; bird: falcon; solar disk; flail; gesture, hand raised to mouth; bird: goose; crown, atef; clothing: mantle; crown, double
A: Harpocrates with extended legs riding a goose to left; right hand raised to mouth, left hand bent in elbow and holding a flail; solar disk on the top of his head.
B: Standing figure of a priest wearing a mantle, striding to left. He is flanked by two birds facing him on pedestals: on the right: a falcon with the double crown; on the left: another bird (Bonner: perhaps also a falcon?). The figure raises both arms, holding a jar (?) with the head of Harpocrates topped with the atef crown.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1404
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.6046/0000_02_6046" target="_blank">The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1404
B: Standing figure of a priest wearing a mantle, striding to left. He is flanked by two birds facing him on pedestals: on the right: a falcon with the double crown; on the left: another bird (Bonner: perhaps also a falcon?). The figure raises both arms, holding a jar (?) with the head of Harpocrates topped with the atef crown.
Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1404
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.6046/0000_02_6046" target="_blank">The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1404
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CBd-1404. 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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