Amulet(?) gem in modern gold ring: Isis-Tyche enthroned
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2036
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_9821
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9821
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 60
Material:
chrysoprase (green)
Dimensions:
12.5 x 9.5 x 3 (si.O.) mm
Dating:
1st c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
rudder; clothing: tunic; clothing: mantle; cornucopia; crown, Isis-; Isis-Tyche; throne
A: Isis seated in three-quarter view, head in profile to right on a throne. She is wearing tunic and mantle, head crowned with a solar disk, cow’s horns and two feathers. Right hand raised and holding a cornucopia, left hand resting upon an oar. Below the figure: αλκη → ἀλκή. 'Strength.'
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Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2036
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Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2036
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CBd-2036. 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/2036 on 02-06-2023.
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Notes from Philipp, Mira et Magica