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Magical gem: Ouroboros enclosing Harpocrates with triads of animals (A) Greek inscription (B)
CBd-Number:
CBd-2966
ID-Number:
FR-BnF-CdM_N.58.2197
Collection:
FR_Paris, Cabinet des Médailles
Inventory:
N.58.2197
References:
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 150; Mastrocinque 2014, no. 29; Michel, DMG, no. 19.4.e_1
Former Collections:
Schlumberger, Gustave (1844–1929)
Material:
jasper, green to black
Dimensions:
24 x 19 x 2.8 mm
Iconography:
Harpocrates seated with knees drawn up; crown, double; side-lock of youth; animal: crocodiles (3); animal: goats (3); bird: falcons (3); scarabs (3); snakes (3); Ouroboros; triads of animals; plant: lotus flower; solar disk; gesture, hand raised to mouth; boat, papyrus; Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower; plant: lotus buds (3)
Divine Names & Voces:
vocales
Logoi:
σθομβαολη-logos

Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Black jasper. Chipped along the edge, and on the surface of side B.

A: Ouroboros enclosing Harpocrates. The young Horus sits with both knees drawn up on a lotus flower with two buds, placed incide a papyrus boat. Harpocrates is crowned with the solar disk, facing left, side-lock of youth visible. His right hand is raised to his mouth, his left hand holds a lotus bud. Around, triads of animals, clockwise from the top: scarabs, snakes, crocodiles, goats, falcons with double-crowns.
B: Greek inscription in eleven lines: αααιεου|ηαη[- - - -]ωω|ωωεεαα[- -]αιωαι|ιεωαιηαιαιωυουευ|αιηαηιωηωαιη||ουευωυαιιεευ|ιωεηοαυαοηυωυω|σθομβαυληβα|ολσθομβαλα|καμσθι||βλη → vocales, variant of σθομβαολη-logos.
C: ιαευεαιιεουωηιαηαιηωυοει → vocales.

Bibliography
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 150.
Michel, DMG, 19.4.e_1
Mastrocinque 2014 on CBd-2966

The Cabinet des Médailles database on CBd-2966

Last modified: 2019-06-09 21:17:48
Link:cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/2966
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CBd-2966. 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/2966 on 09-03-2025.

Image-ID 9523

Credits Photo: A. Mastrocinque

Rights © Bibliothèque nationale de France, Cabinet des Médailles

Notes Side A and B