Talismans - Magical gem: Isis (A) Hermanubis (B)

Magical gem: Isis (A) Hermanubis (B)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-2017

ID-Number:

DE-Berlin-Aeg_9826

Collection:

DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum

Inventory:

9826

References:

Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 82; Michel, DMG, no. 30.3.d_1

Former Collections:

Stosch, Philipp von, Collection

Material:

carnelian, yellow to orange

Dimensions:

11.5 x 10 x 2.5 mm

Dating:

2nd c. AD (H. Philipp)

Iconography:

crown, double feathers; clothing: tunic; Hermanubis; kerykeion?; plant: palm branch; vessel: situla; sistrum; clothing: mantle

A: On the left, standing Isis, to right, crowned with the double feathers crown, and wearing tunic and mantle. Right hand holding a situla, left hand holding a sistrum. On the right, jackal-headed standing figure (Hermanubis), wearing a tunic. In his right hand a palm branch, in his left hand a kerykeion (?).
B: Plain.

Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2017
Michel, DMG, 30.3.d_1.

Images
Cast of CBd-2017 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library

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CBd-2017. 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/2017 on 26-01-2025.