Talismans - Magical (?) gem: priests, Canopus Osiris, canopic jar, altar, branch

Magical (?) gem: priests, Canopus Osiris, canopic jar, altar, branch

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CBd-Number:

CBd-3139

ID-Number:

Fr-BnF-CdM_AA.Seyrig.99

Collection:

FR_Paris, Cabinet des Médailles

Inventory:

AA.Seyrig.99

References:

Mastrocinque 2014, no. 62

Former Collections:

Seyrig, Henry (Beirut)

Material:

glass, blue

Dimensions:

29.5 x 20.5 x 4.9 mm

Iconography:

Osiris hydreios; clothing: mantle; crown, atef?; vessels: canopus (2); plant: branch; clothing: tunic; altar; crown, atef; figures, male (2); side-lock of youth

Description: Upright oval, flat. Blue glass. Chip at the left edge.

A: Two bald priests facing each other, wearing long tunics and mantles, and holding two canopic jars from which the one on the left is an Osiris hydreios with wig and atef-crown, complete with ram's horns. The head of the canopic figure on the right is probably also crowned with the atef topped with a solar disk, the figure is bald save for a side-lock. Between the priests, there is an altar with censer. Below the baseline: a branch.
B: Plain.

Bibliography
Mastrocinque 2014 on CBd-3139

The Cabinet des Médailles database on CBd-3139

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CBd-3139. 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/3139 on 18-01-2025.

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Credits Photo: A. Mastrocinque

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