Magical(?) gem: reclining mummy with animals
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2080
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_10992
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
10992
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 108; Michel, DMG, no. 39.3. b_2
Former Collections:
Taggiasco, C., Collection
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
16.8 x 13 x 3.5 mm
Dating:
turn of the 1st and 2nd c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
mummy; animal: goat; bird (all types); scarab; clothing: bandage; gesture, lying; hieroglyph, shen?
A: Reclining mummy in profile, head to right. Above the mummy: a bird with outstreched wings in perspective, holding the shen-hieroglyph (or the hieroglyph 'sa'?) in its claws. On the left: a goat, on the right: a scarab.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2080
Michel, DMG, 39.3. b_2.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2080
Michel, DMG, 39.3. b_2.
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CBd-2080. 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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Notes from Philipp, Mira et Magica