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Magical gem: Harpocrates in a papyrus boat with deities (A) Greek inscription (B)
CBd-Number:
CBd-2973
ID-Number:
FR-BnF-CdM_Schlumberger.328
Collection:
FR_Paris, Cabinet des Médailles
Inventory:
Schlumberger.328
References:
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 160; Michel, DMG, no. 19.3.e_5; Mastrocinque 2014, no. 38
Former Collections:
Schlumberger, Gustave (1844–1929)
Material:
lapis lazuli (blue)
Dimensions:
17 x 8 x 2.1 mm
Iconography:
Harpocrates seated with knees drawn up; Osiris; clothing: bandage; figure, lion-headed?; snake, winged; phoenix; snake; crown, atef; Thoth; flail; gesture, hand raised to mouth; boat, papyrus; Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower; solar disk
Divine Names & Voces:
vocales

Description: Transverse oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Lapis lazuli. Chipped at the edges.

A: The young Horus sits with both knees drawn up on a lotus flower without buds, placed inside a papyrus boat, facing left. His left hand is raised to his mouth, the right hand holds a flail. His head is crowned with the solar disk. Thoth sits to the left of Harpocrates, facing him. The ibis-headed deity wears the atef crown complete with ram's horns. A lion-headed (?) female (?) figure crowned with the solar disk (?) sits on the right (Mastrocinque: Anubis), with rudder in hand. A phoenix or falcon (?) perches at the prow, there is a coiled snake with four wings behind the boat. The bandaged mummy of Osiris, with head to left and crowned with a solar disk, lies under the boat.
B: Greek inscription in four lines: ιεωαιη|ιαωουευαιηαη|ιωηωαιηουε|υωαηεευ → vocales. 
C: Greek inscription :  ιωεηοιωαεηυωυω (A. Mastrocinque); ηιυεηοωαεηυωυω (CBd, tentative reading) → vocales. 

Bibliography
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 160.
Mastrocinque 2014 on CBd-2973
The Cabinet des Médailles database on CBd-2973

Last modified: 2019-10-21 09:05:18
Link:cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/2973
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CBd-2973. 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/2973 on 09-03-2025.

Image-ID 9529

Credits Photo: A. Mastrocinque

Rights © Bibliothèque nationale de France, Cabinet des Médailles

Notes Side A and B