Magical gem in modern gold ring: Harpocrates on the lotus (A) Greek inscription (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2392
ID-Number:
Wu_Ex-Peter Szuhay_2
Collection:
Int_Whereabouts unknown
Inventory:
Ex-Peter Szuhay_2
Former Collections:
Int_Art market (Peter Szuhay, London)
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
16 x 12 mm
Iconography:
Harpocrates seated with knees drawn up; Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower; plant: lotus buds (2); gesture, hand raised to mouth; flail; solar disk
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβρασάξ
A: Harpocrates sitting nude, with knees drawn up, to right, on a lotus flower with two buds. Head crowned with the solar disk, right hand raised to mouth, left hand holding a flail.
B: Inscribed in one line: αβρασα[ξ] → Ἄβρασα[ξ].
Bibliography
CBd-2392 at Peter Szuhay website
Last modified: 2019-10-29 21:45:00
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CBd-2392. 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/2392 on 27-07-2024.
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