Amulet(?) gem mounted in a modern silver ring: Isis lactans with Harpocrates
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2038
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_9819
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9819
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 62
Former Collections:
Stosch, Philipp von, Collection
Material:
jasper, red
Dimensions:
16 x 12 (si.O.) x 2 mm
Dating:
1st c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
crown, Isis-; solar disk; Harpocrates; Isis lactans; throne; side-lock of youth; gesture, greeting; clothing: mantle
A: Isis enthroned in three-quarter view to left, wearing a long mantle and holding Harpocrates on her lap, facing her and raising his hand in a gesture of greeting. Her head crowned with cow's horns and the solar disk. Harpocrates is nude, with solar disk and side-lock of youth.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2038
Images
Cast of CBd-2038 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2038
Images
Cast of CBd-2038 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
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CBd-2038. 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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