Magical gem: Harpocrates seated on lotus upon a tree (A) Ἰάω (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3173
ID-Number:
DK_Copenhagen, Thorvaldsens Museum_I1688
Collection:
DK_Copenhagen, Thorvaldsens Museum
Inventory:
I1688
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 19.1.a_29
Material:
lapis lazuli (blue)
Dimensions:
11 x 7 mm
Iconography:
Harpocrates seated with legs extended; Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower; plant: tree; gesture, hand raised to mouth; flail; rays; concentric motifs
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἰάω
Description: Upright oval, both sides convex. Lapis lazuli. Surface abraded.
A: Harpocrates seated to left on a lotus flower which is placed on top of a tree. Harpocrates has a radiate crown, his right hand holds a flail, his left is raised to his mouth, both feet are extended. The scene is encircled by a thin line standing for an Ouroboros (?).
B: Inscribed in one line: ιαω → Ἰάω.
Bibliography
Fossing 1929, 250, no. 1869.
The Thorvaldsens Museum Online Collections on CBd-3173
A: Harpocrates seated to left on a lotus flower which is placed on top of a tree. Harpocrates has a radiate crown, his right hand holds a flail, his left is raised to his mouth, both feet are extended. The scene is encircled by a thin line standing for an Ouroboros (?).
B: Inscribed in one line: ιαω → Ἰάω.
Bibliography
Fossing 1929, 250, no. 1869.
The Thorvaldsens Museum Online Collections on CBd-3173
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CBd-3173. 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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