Magical gem: Horus on a lotus in a boat
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3007
Collection:
Int_Whereabouts unknown
References:
Smith–Hutton 1908, no. 241; Michel, DMG, no. 19.3.c_1
Former Collections:
Cook, Wyndham Francis (1860–1905)
Material:
basalt, green
Dimensions:
16 x 15 mm
Iconography:
bird: ibis; moon, crescent; animal: cynocephalus; plant: lotus flower; star; solar disk; gesture, greeting; gesture, ithyphallic; gesture, hand raised to mouth; Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower; Harpocrates seated with knees drawn up; plant: lotus buds (2); boat, papyrus; flail
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἰάω
Description: Transverse oval, both faces flat. Green basalt.
A: Harpocrates sitting to left on a lotus flower with two buds, placed inside a papyrus boat. Right hand raised to mouth, left hand holding a flail, solar disk on the head. Letters above the buds of the flower. Above the head of Harpocrates, a six-pointed star on the left and a crescent on the right, a cynocephalus on the prow of the boat, with paws raised in greeting, and an ibis on the stern. Greek inscription in one line below the boat: ιαω → Ἰάω.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Michel, DMG, 19.3.c_1.
Smith–Hutton, 53, no. 241.
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CBd-3007. 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/3007 on 09-03-2025.
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