Magical gem: Enthroned figure (A) inscribed column (B)
Download PDF
CBd-Number:
CBd-1977
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg-9793
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9793
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 1
Former Collections:
Stosch, Philipp von, Collection
Material:
onyx (banded)
Dimensions:
24.8 x 12 x 5.1 mm
Dating:
A: Late Ptolemaic?; B: later (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
wig; clothing: garment; column; figure, male; solar disk, winged; vessel, unspecified; altar?; gesture, greeting
A: Enthroned figure, seated to right, wearing a long robe and a wig. Right hand raised in greeting, left hand holding a vessel. In front of the figure, the remains of an altar (?) with vessel (?). At the top, remains of the right wing of a winged sun disk (?).
B: Illegible letters on a tall column (obelisk?)
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-1977
Images
Cast of CBd-1977 obverse and reverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
B: Illegible letters on a tall column (obelisk?)
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-1977
Images
Cast of CBd-1977 obverse and reverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
Last modified: 2015-06-15 14:46:35
Link:cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/1977
CITE THIS PAGE
CBd-1977. 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/1977 on 26-01-2025.
Zoom
