Magical (?) gem: Harpocrates with cornucopia
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2603
ID-Number:
IT-FiMAN_1361
Collection:
IT_Firenze, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Inventory:
1361
References:
Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Fi 10.
Material:
agate, brown and white
Dimensions:
11.2 x 15 x 2.2 mm
Iconography:
Harpocrates; cornucopia; altar; gesture, hand raised to mouth; crown, double
Description: Side A upright oval, convex. White and brown banded agate. Intact, with a gold inlay in the holes at the top and the bottom.
A: Harpocrates, crowned with the double crown of Egypt, holding a cornucopia in his right hand, his left hand raised to his mouth. On the right: altar with burning flame.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
SGG II, 38, Fi 10.
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CBd-2603. 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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