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Magical gem: Uterus, deities (A) uterus, scarab (B) Greek inscription (C)
CBd-Number:
CBd-3092
ID-Number:
US_Cambridge, Harvard_1983.26
Collection:
US_Cambridge, Harvard Art Museums
Inventory:
1983.26
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 54.4.b_10
Former Collections:
Kelekian, Charles Dikran and Beatrice (New York)
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
18 x 17 mm
Iconography:
Bes; Ouroboros; side-lock of youth; solar disk; throne; uterus, in the form of a cupping vessel; Chnoubis, lion-headed; rays (6); uterus, octopus-like; scarab, with outstreched wings; object, unidentified; key (5-bitted); clothing: kilt; clothing: mantle; crown, double feathers; crown, double; figure, ram-headed; flail; gesture, hand raised to mouth; Harpocrates seated with knees drawn up; Isis; scarab, human-headed
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἰάω; Σαβαώθ; voces, unidentified; ορωριουθ; vocales, αεηιουω; σεμειναεβαρωθερ-palindrome
Logoi:
σοροορ-logos

Description: Transverse oval (almost round), both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Haematite. Intact.

A: Ouroboros, with head at top to left, enclosing a uterus-symbol with a five bitted key, and a group of deities. From left to right: Isis, wearing a long robe and the double feathers crown, right hand raised and holding an unidentified object, left hand holding a small uterus-symbol; Bes, with bent knees, above his head: Harpocrates sitting with knees drawn up, left hand raised to mouth, right hand holding a flail, head crowned with the double crown of Egypt, side-lock of youth visible; above the uterus, lion-headed Chnoubis, in profile to left, head surrounded with six rays. Inscription around Chnoubis in three lines: αεηιο|υ|ω → The Greek vowel series. On the right: ram-headed figure sitting on a throne, in profile to left, wearing a kilt, head crowned with the solar disk, right hand holding the handle of the key.  Inscription outside the Ouroboros: σοροορμερφε[...]μ[...] → σοροορ-logos.
B: Human-headed scarab, with outstreched wings, crawling vertically upwards, head to right, crowned with the solar disk. Below: the symbol of the uterus, resembling an octopus. Inscription around the image in concentric lines: ορωριουθιαωσαβαωθ three characteres ξοραθηωθολβιαχιααελιναεβαρωθερρεθωραβε → ορωριουθ, Ἰάω, Σαβαώθ, unidentified voces, variant of σεμειναεβαρωθερ-palindrome.
C: Around the edge, inscription: ανιεμεα σταλητι μητρα → vox, στάληθι μήτρα. ’Uterus, contract!'.

Bibliography
Michel, DMG, 54.4.b_10.
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/289209" target="_blank">The Harvard Art Museums database on CBd-3092

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CBd-3092. 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/3092 on 09-03-2025.

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