Magical gem: Deities standing on uterus (A) Greek inscription (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3082
ID-Number:
US_Cambridge, Harvard_2012.1.155
Collection:
US_Cambridge, Harvard Art Museums
Inventory:
2012.1.155 (=TL38193.13)
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 54.2.h_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:
height: 19 mm
Iconography:
clothing: garment; Chnoubis, lion-headed; Osiris; uterus, in the form of a cupping vessel; rays (7); Ouroboros; key (6-bitted); Isis; gesture, greeting; crown, unspecified; gesture, arms crossed
Divine Names & Voces:
ορωριουθ, variants
Logoi:
σοροορ-logos?
Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Chipped along the edges.
A: Ouroboros enclosing uterus with key, in the free field, letters and characteres. Above the uterus: Isis, wearing a long garment and a crown on her head, her left hand raised in greeting; Osiris as a mummy to front; lion-headed Chnoubis, to left, with seven rays above the head. Inscription outside the Ouroboros: (S. Michel).
B: Greek inscription in three lines: ωρω|ριο|υθ → variant of ορωριουθ.
Bibliography
Michel, DMG, 54.2.h_2.
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/72428" target="_blank">The Harvard Art Museums database on CBd-3082
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CBd-3082. 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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