Magical gem: Deities in papyrus boat (A-B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-208
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_16122
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
16122
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 106; Michel, DMG, no. 56.1.c_2
Former Collections:
Nuri Bey, Osman, Collection
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
20 x 16.5 x 2.8 mm
Dating:
2nd c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
animal: crocodiles (3); rudder; horns, of ram; uraei (2); solar disk; boat, papyrus; Horus; Khnum; bird: ibises (3); hieroglyph, pseudo
A: Figure with four ram-heads and crowned with the solar disk, ram's horns and uraei, squatting in a papyrus boat, to left (Khnum). Behind him, a falcon-headed figure steering the boat with rudders. In front, pseudo-hieroglyphs.
B: Two figures standing at the stern of the boat: on the left, a ram-headed deity (Khnum) with ram's horns, solar disk and uraei, on the right, a falcon-headed figure, again with ram's horns and solar disk, steering the boat. In front of them, at the prow of the boat, triads of animals: three ibises (top), three ram's heads (center), three crocodiles (bottom).
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et magica on CBd-208
Michel, DMG,56.1.c_2
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CBd-208. 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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