Magical(?) gem: Osiris in papyrus boat
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1600
ID-Number:
DE-Hamburg-Skoluda_M109
Collection:
DE_Hamburg, Skoluda Collection
Inventory:
M109
References:
Michel 2001, no. 2; Michel, DMG, no. 39.1.b_2
Material:
jasper, green to black
Dimensions:
14.4 x 13.7 x 2.5 mm
Dating:
2nd–3rd c. AD (Michel)
Iconography:
Osiris; plant: lotus flower; plant: lotus buds (2); star; crown, double; bird: falcons (2); crown, atef; flails (2); boat, papyrus; moon, crescent; clothing: bandage
A: The mummy of Osiris standing to front in a papyrus boat. Osiris is bandaged, and holds a flail in both hands, crossed in front of his chest. The figure of Osiris is flanked by two lotus buds inside the boat and two falcons wearing the double crown on the prow and the stern. Osiris wears the atef, complete with ram's horns and uraei. In the free field beside his head, on the left a star, on the right a crescent, open to top.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Michel 2001 on CBd-1600
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Michel 2001 on CBd-1600
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CBd-1600. 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/1600 on 09-03-2025.
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