Amulet(?) gem in a modern gold ring: Sarapis and Isis
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2051
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_9778
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9778
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 75
Former Collections:
Stosch, Philipp von, Collection
Material:
carnelian, yellow to orange
Dimensions:
13.5 x 11.2 (si.O.) x 3 mm
Dating:
turn of the 1st c. BC–1st c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
Isis; Sarapis; modius; clothing: mantle; clothing: tunic; crown, lotus; scepter, unspecified; vessel: situla; sistrum
A: On the right, Sarapis standing to front, head to right. He is crowned with the modius and wears a tunic and a mantle. Right hand raised and leaning on a tall sceptre, left hand lowered beside the body. On the left, Isis standing to front, head to right, crowned with the lotus-crown, wearing a tunic and a mantle. Right hand lowered beside the body and holding a situla, left hand raised and holding a sistrum.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2051
Images
Cast of CBd-2051 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2051
Images
Cast of CBd-2051 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
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CBd-2051. 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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