Amulet(?) gem: Harpocrates
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2062
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_9767
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9767
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 88
Former Collections:
Stosch, Philipp von, Collection
Material:
glass, yellow
Dimensions:
14.2 x 9 x 3 mm
Dating:
end of the 1st c. BC (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
weapon: club; Harpocrates; modius; stars (2); gesture, hand raised to mouth; clothing: tunic; clothing: headcloth; clothing: pilos (2)
A: Harpocrates standing to front, head to right, wearing a long tunic and a headcloth, crowned with modius. Left hand raised to mouth, right hand holding a club. Above, to the left and right of the figure, two caps topped with eight-pointed stars.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2062
Images
Cast of CBd-2062 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2062
Images
Cast of CBd-2062 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
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CBd-2062. 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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