Amulet(?) gem: Isis with the Apis bull (A) Figure with scepter (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2037
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_9820
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9820
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 61; Michel, DMG, no. 30.1.c_3
Former Collections:
Stosch, Philipp von, Collection
Material:
plasma (green)
Dimensions:
18 x 14 x 3 mm
Dating:
1st c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
animal: bull; figure, male; scepter, unspecified; clothing: cap; solar disk; throne; Isis; crown, Isis-; clothing: tunic; clothing: mantle; pincers
A: Isis seated in profile to right on a throne. She is wearing a tunic and a mantle, on her head a solar disk with cow’s horns. She is nursing the Apis-bull, facing her.
B: Male figure (Ptah/Hephaistos?) standing to front, head to right, wearing a tunic and a cap, over his head a solar disk. In his right hand a scepter, in his left hand pincers.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2037
Michel, DMG, 30.1.c_3.
Images
Cast of CBd-2037 obverse and reverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
B: Male figure (Ptah/Hephaistos?) standing to front, head to right, wearing a tunic and a cap, over his head a solar disk. In his right hand a scepter, in his left hand pincers.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2037
Michel, DMG, 30.1.c_3.
Images
Cast of CBd-2037 obverse and reverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
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CBd-2037. 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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