Amulet(?) gem in a modern silver ring: Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2068
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_9811
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9811
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 94; Michel, DMG, no. 19.1.a_22
Former Collections:
Stosch, Philipp von, Collection
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
18 x 10 x 2.1 (si.O.) mm
Dating:
2nd c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
crown, double; gesture, hand raised to mouth; Harpocrates seated with knees drawn up; Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower; plant: lotus buds (2); flail
A: Harpocrates sitting nude with knees drawn up, to left, on a lotus flower with two buds. Head crowned with the double crown. Right hand raised to mouth, left hand bent in elbow and holding a flail.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2068
Michel, DMG, 19.1.a_22.
Images
Cast of CBd-2068 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
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CBd-2068. 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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