Amulet(?) gem in a modern gold ring: Ptah and Isis
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2056
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_9779
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9779
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 80; Michel, DMG, no. 30.6.d_6
Former Collections:
Stosch, Philipp von, Collection
Material:
jasper, red
Dimensions:
14 x 11 x 2.7 (si.O.) mm
Dating:
turn of the 1st–2nd c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
pincers; clothing: cap; clothing: garment; clothing: mantle; clothing: tunic; scepter, unspecified; solar disk; crown, Isis-; clothing: starry mantle
A: On the left, Ptah standing in three-quarter view to right, wearing a cap, a tunic and a mantle, right hand raised and leaning on a tall sceptre, left hand lowered beside the body and holding pincers. His head is topped with a solar disk. On the right, Isis standing in profile to left, both her hands stretched out and set on his shoulder. She wears a long garment, her head crowned with the Isis-crown, her figure placed within a starry mantle.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2056
Michel, DMG, 30.6.d_6.
Images
Cast of CBd-2056 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2056
Michel, DMG, 30.6.d_6.
Images
Cast of CBd-2056 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
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CBd-2056. 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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