Amulet(?) gem: Harpocrates on the lotus
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2071
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg-9812
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9812
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 97
Former Collections:
Stosch, Philipp von, Collection
Material:
carnelian, red to brown
Dimensions:
10 x 8 x 3.5 mm
Dating:
turn of the 2nd–3rd c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
flail; gesture, hand raised to mouth; Harpocrates seated with knees drawn up; Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower; plant: lotus buds (2); solar disk
A: Harpocrates sitting nude with knees drawn up, to right, on a lotus flower with two buds. Head topped with the solar disk. Left hand raised to mouth, right hand bent in elbow and holding a flail.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2071
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2071
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CBd-2071. 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/2071 on 07-09-2024.
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