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Magical gem: Harpocrates in a boat, supported by a kneeling figure (A) Greek inscription (B)
CBd-Number:
CBd-2957
ID-Number:
FR-BnF-CdM_Reg. N.3502
Collection:
FR_Paris, Cabinet des Médailles
Inventory:
Reg. N.3502
References:
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 155; Mastrocinque 2014, no. 22; Michel, DMG, no. 19.5._1
Former Collections:
Feuardent, Felix Collection
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
17.5 x 12 x 2.5 mm
Iconography:
Harpocrates seated with knees drawn up; boat, papyrus; plant: lotus flower; plant: lotus buds (2); gesture, hand raised to mouth; star; moon, crescent; gesture, kneeling; flail; Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower; bird: falcons (2)
Logoi:
αρπονχνουφι-logos

Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Green and red jasper. Intact.

A: Harpocrates sitting with both knees drawn up on a lotus flower with two buds, placed inside a papyrus boat. Harpocrates sits in the middle of the boat, facing left. His left hand is raised to his mouth, his right hand holds a flail. Falcons on both ends of the boat. A nude figure supports the boat and the young Horus, half-kneeling to left. Beside the figure, an eight-pointed star on the left, a crescent, open to left, on the right. 
B: Greek insription in four lines: αρ|πον|χνου|φι → the beginning of the αρπονχνουφι-logos.

Bibliography
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 155.
Michel, DMG, 19.5._1
Mastrocinque 2014 on CBd-2957

The Cabinet des Médailles database on CBd-2957

Last modified: 2019-10-30 13:38:09
Link:cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/2957
CITE THIS PAGE
CBd-2957. 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/2957 on 09-03-2025.

Image-ID 9514

Credits Photo: A. Mastrocinque

Rights © Bibliothèque nationale de France, Cabinet des Médailles

Notes Side A and B