Talismans - Magical gem: Harpocrates seated on a lotus flower, voces, Ἰάω

Magical gem: Harpocrates seated on a lotus flower, voces, Ἰάω

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CBd-Number:

CBd-3111

ID-Number:

Fr-BnF-CdM_Blanchet.2

Collection:

FR_Paris, Cabinet des Médailles

Inventory:

Blanchet.2

References:

Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 145; Michel, DMG, no. 19.1.b_32; Mastrocinque 2014, no. 17

Former Collections:

Blanchet, Jules-Adrien (1866–1957)

Material:

schist

Dimensions:

37 x 27 x 6 mm

Iconography:

Harpocrates seated with legs extended; Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower; rays (8); flail?; whip; plant: lotus buds (4); plant: lotus flower; gesture, hand raised to mouth

Divine Names & Voces:

voces, unidentified; Ἰάω, variants

Description: Upright oval, flat. Shape 8. Green schist.Chipped along the edge. Post-antique.

A: Harpocrates sitting to right with legs extended on a lotus flower with four buds. Head crowned with eight rays, left hand touching his mouth, right hand holding a flail (?). Beside his head, from left to right: ιεου, below the flower: αβριν[.]α̣ιμαρθω, along the second stem from the right: ιαω ευ → voces including a variant of Ἰάω.
B: Plain.

Bibliography
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 145.
Mastrocinque 2014 on CBd-3111

The Cabinet des Médailles database on CBd-3111

Last modified: 2019-06-08 19:50:55

Link:cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/3111

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CBd-3111. 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/3111 on 09-03-2025.

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Credits Photo: A. Mastrocinque

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