Drawing of a magical gem: Hecate trimorph (A) Harpocrates sitting on a lotus (?) flower (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2765
ID-Number:
Wu_Ex Chifletius–Macarius_XIV 56
Collection:
Int_Whereabouts unknown
Inventory:
Chifletius–Macarius_XIV 56
References:
Chifletius–Macarius, no. XIV 56; Mastrocinque, SGG I, 40; Michel, DMG, no. 21.2.b_8
Former Collections:
Pignoria, Lorenzo (Laurentius Pignorius, Padova 1571–1631)
Iconography:
whips (2); modii (3); gesture, hand raised to mouth; star; plant: lotus flower; Harpocrates seated with legs extended; Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower; rod; clothing: garment; Hecate; whip; weapon: swords (2)
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἰάω; Σαβαώθ, variants
A: Hecate trimorph, wearing peplos, holding rods (torches?) in the uppermost hands, whips in the middle pair of hands and again rods or swords in the lowermost hands. Heads crowned with narrow modii.
B: Harpocrates sitting with both legs extended on lotus (?) flower, with one bud resembling a stalk of grain. Right hand raised to mouth, left hand holding a whip. A five-pointed star to the left of the figure, next to the head. Greek inscription around the figure: ιαωσαβαω → Ἰάω; Σαβαώ.
For a gem in the Skoluda Collection in Hamburg that may have been designed after this drawing, see CBd-1732.
Bibliography
Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas, XIV 56
SGG I, no. 40 (with earlier literature)
B: Harpocrates sitting with both legs extended on lotus (?) flower, with one bud resembling a stalk of grain. Right hand raised to mouth, left hand holding a whip. A five-pointed star to the left of the figure, next to the head. Greek inscription around the figure: ιαωσαβαω → Ἰάω; Σαβαώ.
For a gem in the Skoluda Collection in Hamburg that may have been designed after this drawing, see CBd-1732.
Bibliography
Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas, XIV 56
SGG I, no. 40 (with earlier literature)
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CBd-2765. 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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