Amulet(?) gem: Sarapis, Isis and Harpocrates
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2052
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_9818
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9818
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 76; Michel, DMG, no. 45.4.b_7
Former Collections:
Stosch, Philipp von, Collection
Material:
glass, blue
Dimensions:
16.5 x 14 x 3 mm
Dating:
18th century? (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
clothing: mantle; snake; cornucopia; gesture, hand raised to mouth; Harpocrates; vessel: situla; sistrum; scepter, unspecified; Sarapis; modius; Isis; crown, unspecified; crown, Isis-; clothing: tunic; rays (5)
A: On the left, Sarapis standing to front, head to right. He is crowned with the modius and wears a tunic and a mantle. Around his head, five rays. Right hand raised and leaning on a tall sceptre, left hand lowered beside the body. In the centre, Harpocrates standing to front, head to right, wearing a crown and a mantle. Left hand raised to his mouth, right hand holding a cornucopia. On the right, Isis standing to front, head to left, crowned with the Isis-crown and wearing a tunic and a mantle. Right hand raised and holding a sistrum, left hand lowered beside the body and holding a situla. In front of them, a coiling snake.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2052
Michel, DMG, 45.4.b_7.
Images
Cast of CBd-2052 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2052
Michel, DMG, 45.4.b_7.
Images
Cast of CBd-2052 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
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CBd-2052. 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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