Magical(?) gem: Cynocephalus with small orant
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2107
ID-Number:
DE-Berlin-Aeg_9844
Collection:
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
Inventory:
9844
References:
Philipp, Mira et Magica, no. 152; Michel, DMG, no. 36.2.b_2
Material:
glass, yellow
Dimensions:
13 x 11 x 3 mm
Dating:
18th century (H. Philipp)
Iconography:
figure, cynocephalus; clothing: kilt; vessel: situla; gesture, figure in hand; gesture, greeting; gesture, orant; Harpocrates?; crown, unspecified; uraeus
A: Cynocephalus in kilt, standing in three-quarter view to right, head crowned with a uraeus. Right hand lowered beside the body and holding a situla, left hand stretched forward and holding a small, crowned figure (Harpocrates?), who raises his hands in adoration.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2107
Michel, DMG, 36.2.b_2.
SGG I, no. 78 (Mastrocinque: the gem may be a copy of CBd-429)
Images
Cast of CBd-2107 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2107
Michel, DMG, 36.2.b_2.
SGG I, no. 78 (Mastrocinque: the gem may be a copy of CBd-429)
Images
Cast of CBd-2107 obverse in the Gem Impressions Collection of Cornell University Library
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CBd-2107. 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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