Amulet(?) gem: Harpocrates, Sarapis and Isis
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2053
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_9766
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9766
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 77
Former Collections:
Stosch, Philipp von, Collection
Material:
carnelian, yellow to orange
Dimensions:
12 x 10 x 2.1 mm
Dating:
turn of the 1st–2nd c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
crown, double; clothing, unspecified; Isis; Sarapis; busts (2); clothing: mantle; gesture, hand raised to mouth; cornucopia; crown, Isis-; Harpocrates; modius
A: In the centre, nude Harpocrates standing to front, head to right, crowned with the double crown. Left hand raised to mouth, right hand holding a cornucopia and his mantle. The figure of Harpocrates is framed by the busts of Sarapis and Isis, facing each other. The head of Sarapis is surmounted by a calathus, Isis is crowned with the Isis-crown. The shoulders of both deities are draped.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2053
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2053
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CBd-2053. 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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