Magical gem: Uterus with deities (A) ορωριουθ (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3176
ID-Number:
DK_Copenhagen, Thorvaldsens Museum_I1690
Collection:
DK_Copenhagen, Thorvaldsens Museum
Inventory:
I1690
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 54.2.d_3
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
15 x 10 mm
Iconography:
Ouroboros; uterus, in the form of a cupping vessel; key (5-bitted); Anubis as mummy; Isis; cornucopia; gesture, greeting; clothing: garment; crown, double feathers
Divine Names & Voces:
ορωριουθ
Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Haematite. Surface abraded, edge uneven and chipped.
A: Ouroboros with head at bottom to right, enclosing a uterus in the shape of a cupping vessel, ligaments and fallopian tupes visble. Below the uterus, a five-bitted key. Two figures stand on the tubes. On the left, Anubis bandaged as a mummy, to right; on the right, facing him, Isis standing to left in a long robe, crowned with the double feathers, right hand raised in greeting, left hand holding a cornucopia.
B: Inscribed in two lines: ορωρ|ιουθ → ορωριουθ.
Bibliography
Fossing 1929, 251, no. 1871.
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CBd-3176. 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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