Talismans - Magical gem: Uterus with deities (A) ορωριουθ (B)

Magical gem: Uterus with deities (A) ορωριουθ (B)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-3175

ID-Number:

DK_Copenhagen, Thorvaldsens Museum_I1691

Collection:

DK_Copenhagen, Thorvaldsens Museum

Inventory:

I1691

References:

Michel, DMG, no. 54.2.f_5

Material:

haematite (black)

Dimensions:

15 x 10 mm

Iconography:

Ouroboros; crown, unspecified; crown, Isis-; crown, double feathers; clothing: garment; clothing: bandage; Osiris; Anubis as mummy; Nephthys; Isis; key (7-bitted); uterus, in the form of a cupping vessel; hieroglyph, name (Nb.t Hw.t)

Divine Names & Voces:

ορωριουθ; vocales, αεηιουω

Logoi:

σοροορ-logos

Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Haematite. Surface abraded, edge uneven and chipped.

A: Ouroboros with head at top to left, enclosing a uterus in the shape of a cupping vessel, ligaments and fallopian tupes visble. Below the uterus, a seven-bitted key. Four figures stand on the tubes, from left to right: Isis standing to right in a long robe, crowned with the Isis-crown and double feathers, right hand holding a cornucopia, left hand raised in greeting; Anubis bandaged as a mummy, to right; bandaged and crowned Osiris-mummy to left, Nephthys to left, in a long robe, crowned with the hieroglyph of her name, right hand raised in greeting, left hand holding a cornucopia. Inscription around the Ouroboros: σοροορμερφεργαρμαφριορηριγ[ξ]"" variant of σοροορ-logos; in the free field around the uterus: αε|η ιου|ω → the Greek vowel series.
B: Inscribed in two lines: ορωρ|ιουθ → ορωριουθ.

Bibliography
Fossing 1929, 251, no. 1872.
The Thorvaldsens Museum Online Collections on CBd-3175

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CBd-3175. 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/3175 on 09-03-2025.