Magical gem: Isis and Harpocrates
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1607
ID-Number:
DE-Hamburg-Skoluda_M044
Collection:
DE_Hamburg, Skoluda Collection
Inventory:
M044
References:
Michel 2001, no. 11; Michel, DMG, no. 30.2.b_5
Material:
jasper, green to black
Dimensions:
18.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 mm
Dating:
2nd–3rd c. AD (Michel)
Iconography:
base; gesture, hand raised to mouth; clothing: veil; crown, Isis-; crown, unspecified; clothing: garment; Isis; Horus; gesture, protective
Logoi:
βακαξιχυχ-logos and variants
A: Harpocrates in profile, squatting to left upon a square pedestal, his right hand raised to his mouth. Behind him, on the right, Isis kneeling in profile, wearing a long robe, a crown and a veil, protectively supporting Horus.
B: Inscription in five lines: χυχ|βαχυ|χβαχ|αχιχ|υχ → βακαξιχυχ-logos.
Bibliography
Michel 2001 on CBd-1607
B: Inscription in five lines: χυχ|βαχυ|χβαχ|αχιχ|υχ → βακαξιχυχ-logos.
Bibliography
Michel 2001 on CBd-1607
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CBd-1607. 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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