Amulet(?) gem: Isis and Harpocrates
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2043
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_9822
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9822
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 67
Former Collections:
Stosch, Philipp von, Collection
Material:
prase (green)
Dimensions:
13 x 9 x 4.5 mm
Dating:
turn of the 1st c. BC–1st c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
clothing: mantle; cornucopia; gesture, hand raised to mouth; Harpocrates; crown, unspecified; vessel: situla; sistrum; Isis; clothing: tunic; plant: palm branch
A: Isis standing to front, head to right, wearing a tunic, mantle and a crown. Right hand lowered beside the body and holding a situla, left hand outstretched and holding a sistrum. Harpocrates stands on the right side, nude, with right hand raised to his mouth, left hand holding a cornucopia. Behind Isis, a palm branch.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2043
Images
Cast of CBd-2043 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2043
Images
Cast of CBd-2043 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
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CBd-2043. 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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