Magical gem: Deities on uterus (A) Greek inscription (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1412
ID-Number:
CH-MAH, Geneva_A 2004-0124
Collection:
CH_Geneva, Musée d'art et d'histoire
Inventory:
A 2004-0124
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
20 x 10 x 4 mm
Iconography:
uterus, in the form of a cupping vessel; key (7-bitted); Ouroboros; Bes; figures, unidentified (2); gesture, greeting; solar disk; crown, unspecified
Divine Names & Voces:
ορωριουθ, variants
Logoi:
σοροορ-logos?
A: Ouroboros with head at top to right, enclosing a uterus in the shape of a cupping vessel with a seven-bitted key below it. Above the uterus, three figures - on the left: Khnum, in the center: Bes, on the right: Isis with right hand raised in greeting. Inscription around the edge, outside the Ouroboros: Greek letters → variant of σοροορ-logos?
B: Inscribed in four lines: ωρω|ριουθ|ορωρι|ωουθ → variants of ορωριουθ.
Bibliography
Chappaz 2005, 372, no. 80
CBd-197 on Collections des MAH en ligne
Magical gems in the Musée d'art et d'histoire, Geneva are being studied by M. Depowska, Fribourg.
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CBd-1412. 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/1412 on 16-09-2024.
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