Magical pendant: Harpocrates with triads of animals (A) Greek inscription (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3018
ID-Number:
US_Cambridge, Harvard_2012.1.150
Collection:
US_Cambridge, Harvard Art Museums
Inventory:
2012.1.150
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 19.4.b_2
Former Collections:
Hamburg, Sossidi Collection; Int_Art Market (Sotheby's, New York); Cambridge, Harvard University, Department of the Classics, Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
17 x 16 mm
Iconography:
Harpocrates seated with knees drawn up; snakes (3); animal: crocodiles (3); bird: falcons (3); scarabs (3); side-lock of youth; solar disk; flail; moon, crescent; star; boat, papyrus; Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower; animal: goats (3)
Divine Names & Voces:
vocales, in pterygoma form
Description: Roughly rectangular gem, corners rounded, both faces flat. Haematite. Intact.
A: Harpocrates sitting nude with knees drawn up, to left, on a lotus flower with two buds, placed inside a papyrus boat. Side-lock of youth visible, solar disk on the top of his head. Right hand raised to mouth, left hand lowered and holding a flail. A seven-pointed star on the left, and a crescent on the right side of the young deity's head. Around, triads of animals, clockwise from top: scarabs, goats, cobras, crocodiles, falcons with double crowns.
B: Greek inscription in five lines: αεεηηη|ιιιιοοο|οουυυυ|υυωωω|ωωωω → vocales in pterygoma-form.
Bibliography
Michel, DMG, 19.4.b_2
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CBd-3018. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy.
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