Magical gem: Uterus with deities
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1826
ID-Number:
Wu_Ex-Gulyás_inv. unknown
Collection:
Int_Whereabouts unknown
Inventory:
unknown
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 54.2.h_6
Former Collections:
Gulyás Collection, Székesfehérvár (HU)
Dating:
3rd–4th c. AD (Kovács)
Iconography:
uterus, in the form of a cupping vessel; crown, unspecified; gesture, greeting; clothing, unspecified; Isis; Anubis as mummy; clothing: bandage; solar disk; Osiris; key (7-bitted); Ouroboros
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified; ορωριουθ; vocales, αεηιουω
A: Uterus in the shape of a cupping vessel, with ligaments and fallopian tubes visible. Below: a seven-bitted key. Deities above the uterus, from left to right: Hermes(?), Anubis as a mummy, crowned head to right, Osiris as a mummy, to left, crowned with the solar disk, Isis with right hand raised in greeting, left hand holding a cornucopia. Inscription on the left side in two lines: αε|η; at the bottom: ιουω → the Greek vowel series. The scene is encircled by an Ouroboros. Inscription around the Ouroboros: πακααρ[- - -]ι → unidentified vox.
B: Inscription in two lines: ορωρ|ιουθ → ορωριουθ.
Bibliography
Kákosy 1987
Kovács 2007, 41, no. 106.
B: Inscription in two lines: ορωρ|ιουθ → ορωριουθ.
Bibliography
Kákosy 1987
Kovács 2007, 41, no. 106.
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CBd-1826. 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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