Talismans - Magical(?) gem in a modern silver ring: Harpocrates of Canopus and inscription

Magical(?) gem in a modern silver ring: Harpocrates of Canopus and inscription

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CBd-Number:

CBd-1409

ID-Number:

US-AA-KMA_26120

Collection:

US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Inventory:

26120

References:

Bonner, SMA D. 220; Michel, DMG, no. 34.1.c_1

Material:

jasper, green to black

Dimensions:

ca. 11 x 6 mm

Iconography:

Harpocrates; cornucopia; gesture, hand raised to mouth; figure, crocodile-bodied; crown, double?

A: The crocodile-bodied composite figure of Harpocrates of Canopus, in profile to right. Upper body nude, left hand raised to mouth, right hand bent in elbow and holding a cornucopia. Head topped with the double crown (?). Inscription above: μενελ; below: θεοσ → Μενελαιτῶν θεός (C. Bonner).
B: Plain.

Bibliography
Bonner, SMA on CBd-1409
Michel, DMG, 34.1.c_1.
The Kelsey Museum Artifacts Database on CBd-1409

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CBd-1409. 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/1409 on 09-03-2025.