Magical(?) gem: Osiris surrounded by animals
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1604
ID-Number:
DE-Hamburg-Skoluda_M131
Collection:
DE_Hamburg, Skoluda Collection
Inventory:
M131
References:
Michel 2001, no. 7; Michel, DMG, no. 39.3.d_2
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
19.3 x 14.3 x 2.9 mm
Dating:
2nd–3rd c. AD (Michel)
Iconography:
Osiris; animal: crocodile; scorpion; scarab; bird: falcon; star; moon, crescent; crown, atef; clothing: bandage; animal: jackal
A: The mummy of Osiris, to front, surrounded by animals. Osiris is bandaged and wears the atef-crown (with ram's horns and uraei), arms crossed in front of his chest. Animals, from left to right: a falcon, in profile to right; a scarab, crawling vertically to top; a scorpion crawling horizontally to left; a jackal sitting in profile to left; a crocodile crawling diagonally upwards, to left. Beside the head of Osiris, on the left an eight-pointed star; on the right a crescent, open to left.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Michel 2001 on CBd-1604
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CBd-1604. 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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