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Magical gem: Harpocrates with triads of animals (A) Scorpion (B)
CBd-Number:
CBd-2971
ID-Number:
FR-BnF-CdM_AA.pgr.2
Collection:
FR_Paris, Cabinet des Médailles
Inventory:
AA.pgr.2
References:
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 149; Mastrocinque 2014, no. 33; Michel, DMG, no. 19.4.c_4
Material:
slate
Dimensions:
28.5 x 25 x 3.5 mm
Iconography:
Harpocrates seated with knees drawn up; boat, papyrus; moon, crescent; star; animal: goats (3); snakes (3); animal: crocodiles (3); bird: falcons (3); scarabs (3); flail; gesture, hand raised to mouth; uraeus?; Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower; plant: lotus buds (2)
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἀβρασάξ; Ἰάω; Ἀδωναΐ; Μιχαήλ

Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Haematite. Intact.

A: Harpocrates sits with both knees drawn up on a lotus flower with two buds, placed inside a papyrus boat. Harpocrates is crowned with a uraeus (?), facing left. His left hand is raised to his mouth, right hand holding a flail. Around, triads of animals, clockwise from the top: scarabs, goats, snakes, crocodiles, falcons. A nine-pointed star and a crescent on the left side of the young deity. Greek inscription in two lines under the boat: ιαω → Ἰάω.
B: Scorpion facing to top, Greek inscription around the edge: μιχαηλαδωναιαβρασαξ → Μιχαήλ, Ἀδωναΐ, Ἀβρασάξ. 

Bibliography
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 149.
Michel, DMG, 19.4.c_4
Mastrocinque 2014 on CBd-2971

Last modified: 2019-10-21 09:05:39
Link:cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/2971
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CBd-2971. 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/2971 on 09-03-2025.

Image-ID 9527

Credits Photo: A. Mastrocinque

Rights © Bibliothèque nationale de France, Cabinet des Médailles

Notes Side A and B