Magical gem: Harpocrates with child (A) ἡ χάρις (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1408
ID-Number:
US-AA-KMA_26104
Collection:
US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Inventory:
26104
References:
Bonner, SMA D. 219; Michel, DMG, no. 19.10_2
Material:
glass, black
Dimensions:
26 x 21 x 3 mm
Iconography:
crown, hemhem; Harpocrates; figure, male; plant: palm branch?; plant: pomegranate
A: Nude figure of Harpocrates standing in contraposto to front, facing right. Right arm bent in elbow and holding a pomegranate; head topped with the hemhem-crown; branch with leaves in right hand. On the left, a child to front, head to right, left arm raised towards Harpocrates.
B: Inscribed in three lines: ηχ|αρι|σ → ἡ χάρις.
Bibliography
Bonner 1946, 56-57, Pl. XII.
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1408
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.6104/0000_02_6104" target="_blank">The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1408
B: Inscribed in three lines: ηχ|αρι|σ → ἡ χάρις.
Bibliography
Bonner 1946, 56-57, Pl. XII.
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1408
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.6104/0000_02_6104" target="_blank">The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1408
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CBd-1408. 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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