Amulet(?) gem in a modern gold ring: Bust of Harpocrates
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2061
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_9764
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9764
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 87
Former Collections:
Stosch, Philipp von, Collection
Material:
nicolo (blue and black)
Dimensions:
12 x 10 mm
Dating:
mid-2nd c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
jewellery: bracelet; jewellery: necklace; bust; Harpocrates; gesture, hand raised to mouth; side-lock of youth; crown, double
A: Bust of Harpocrates in three-quarter view to left, left hand raised to mouth. Side-lock of youth falling to his neck, head crowned with the double crown of Egypt. Harpocrates wears a bracelet and a necklace with solar disk and uraei.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2061
Images
Cast of CBd-2061 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2061
Images
Cast of CBd-2061 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
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CBd-2061. 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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