Amulet(?) gem in a modern gold mount: Horus falcon with cup
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1981
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg-9789
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9789
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 5
Former Collections:
Stosch, Philipp von, Collection
Material:
carnelian, yellow to orange
Dating:
1st c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
Horus; bird: falcon; jet water; vessel: cup
A: The Horus falcon, wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, standing to left on a cup, with a jet of water running from his bill.
B: Plain.
Set in a post-antique gold mount.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-1981
Images
Cast of CBd-212 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
B: Plain.
Set in a post-antique gold mount.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-1981
Images
Cast of CBd-212 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
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CBd-1981. 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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