Magical gem: nude figure holding Osiris-mummy (A) Greek inscription (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2082
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_9851
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9851
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 109; Michel, DMG, no. 19.5_3; Michel, DMG, no. 39.6.b_3
Material:
plasma (green)
Dimensions:
17 x 14 x 4 mm
Dating:
1st c. AD (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
clothing: bandage; nimbus; solar disk; crown, double; Horus; figure, male; Osiris; gesture, kneeling; rays (5)
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified
A: Nude figure (Shu?) in "kneeling-running" scheme, to left, holding up an Osiris-mummy. The mummy raises the head, and is crowned with the solar disk and a nimbus and five rays. Sitting at the feet of the mummy: a Horus-falcon crowned with the double crown of Egypt.
B: Inscription in two lines: ουκ|ζιν → unidentified vox.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2082
Michel, DMG, 19.5_3 and 39.6.b_3 (both referring to CBd-2082).
Images
Cast of CBd-2082 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
B: Inscription in two lines: ουκ|ζιν → unidentified vox.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2082
Michel, DMG, 19.5_3 and 39.6.b_3 (both referring to CBd-2082).
Images
Cast of CBd-2082 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
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CBd-2082. 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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