Talismans - Amulet(?) gem: Harpocrates on the back of a goose

Amulet(?) gem: Harpocrates on the back of a goose

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CBd-Number:

CBd-1944

ID-Number:

DE-Köln-Institut für Altertumskunde_6

Collection:

DE_Köln, Institut für Altertumskunde der Universität

Inventory:

References:

Zwierlein-Diehl, Köln 6; Michel, DMG, no. 19.8_7

Former Collections:

Matouk, Fouad S. Collection

Material:

jasper (colour unspecified)

Dimensions:

14.6 x 11 x 2 mm

Dating:

2nd half of the 2nd c. AD–1st half of the 3rd c. AD (Zwierlein-Diehl)

Iconography:

Harpocrates; bird: goose; side-lock of youth; flail; solar disk

A: Harpocrates sitting nude on the back of a goose, to left. Right hand raised to mouth, left hand holding a flail. Side-lock of youth visible, head crowned with the solar disk (Zwierlein-Diehl: double crown).
B: Plain.

Bibliography
Zwierlein-Diehl, Köln on CBd-1944

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CBd-1944. 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/1944 on 23-05-2022.