Talismans - Magical gem: Isis-Thermutis (A) female figure with sistrum (B)

Magical gem: Isis-Thermutis (A) female figure with sistrum (B)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-207

ID-Number:

DE-Berlin-Aeg_9828

Collection:

DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum

Inventory:

9828

References:

Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 74; Michel, DMG, no. 30.4_1

Former Collections:

Berlin, Antiquarium

Material:

rock crystal

Dimensions:

28.5 x 5 x 98 mm

Dating:

1st c. AD–3rd (?) c. AD (H. Philipp)

Iconography:

Isis Thermutis; Isis?; clothing: himation; clothing: tunic; clothing: mantle; moon, crescent; vessel: situla; sistrum; stars (2); star; crown, Isis-; solar disk; clothing: garment; globus; flail; base

Divine Names & Voces:

Ἰάω

A: Human-headed serpent (Isis-Thermutis) on an hour-glass shaped base (Philipp: Korb), to left, wearing a long garment. On her head a solar disk with cow’s horns and a feather. Left hand holds a flail, right hand holds a globus with diagonal rings. Above, to the left of the figure, an eight-pointed star; to the right, a six-pointed star. Around, letters and characteres. Below the figure: ιαω → Ἰάω.
B: Female figure (Isis) standing to front, head to left, on a pedestal. She is wearing tunic and mantle, her head crowned with an Isis-crown. Right hand holding a sistrum, left hand holding a situla. On the right: an eight-pointed star and a crescent open to top. Around, letters and characteres.

Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et magica on CBd-207
Michel, DMG, 30.4_1.

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CBd-207. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy. Retrieved from: cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/207 on 27-07-2024.