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Magical gem: Harpocrates with triads of animals (A) Greek inscription (B)
CBd-Number:
CBd-2964
ID-Number:
FR-BnF-CdM_Schlumberger.324
Collection:
FR_Paris, Cabinet des Médailles
Inventory:
Schlumberger.324
References:
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 153; Mastrocinque 2014, no. 27; Michel, DMG, no. 19.4.a_10
Former Collections:
Schlumberger, Gustave (1844–1929)
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
23 x 21 x 2.9 mm
Iconography:
boat, papyrus; side-lock of youth; bird: falcons (3); snakes (3); animal: crocodiles (3); animal: goats (3); scarabs (3); flail; plant: lotus buds (2); solar disk; Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower; Harpocrates seated with knees drawn up; gesture, hand raised to mouth
Logoi:
σθομβαολη-logos

Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Haematite. Lower edge chipped.

A: Harpocrates sitting to left with both knees drawn up on a lotus flower with two buds, placed inside a papyrus boat. The young Horus is crowned with the solar disk, the side-lock of youth is visible. His right hand is raised to his mouth, his left hand holds a flail. Around, triads of animals, clockwise from the top: scarabs, falcons, snakes, crocodiles, goats.
B: Greek inscription in five lines: σθο|μβαολ|ηβαολσ|θομβαλ|ακασθ continued on the edge.
C: ομβαη → variant of the σθομβαολη-logos.

Bibliography
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 153.
Michel, DMG, 19.4.a_10
Mastrocinque 2014 on CBd-2964

The Cabinet des Médailles database on CBd-2964

Last modified: 2019-11-11 21:32:02
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CBd-2964. 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/2964 on 09-03-2025.

Image-ID 9521

Credits Photo: A. Mastrocinque

Rights © Bibliothèque nationale de France, Cabinet des Médailles

Notes Side A and B