The CBd
 
 
Amulet(?) gem in a modern gold mount: Horus falcon
CBd-Number:
CBd-1978
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_9786
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9786
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 2
Former Collections:
Stosch, Philipp von, Collection
Material:
agate, blue
Dimensions:
28 x 20.5 x 3 mm
Dating:
Late Ptolemaic? (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
Horus; crown, double; hieroglyph, heb; solar disk, winged
A: Horus falcon wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, standing to right above the hieroglyph heb (festival). Behind the falcon, the winged sun disk.
B: Plain. 
Set in a modern gold mount.

Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-1978

Images
Cast of CBd-1978 obverse  in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library

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CBd-1978. 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/1978 on 07-02-2025.

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Credits by Margarete Büsing

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Notes from Philipp, Mira et Magica

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Rights © Cornell University Library

Notes Cast preserved in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library

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