Magical gem: Quadruped and snake (A) Mummy and phallus (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3179
ID-Number:
DK_Copenhagen, Thorvaldsens Museum_I1903
Collection:
DK_Copenhagen, Thorvaldsens Museum
Inventory:
I1903
Material:
jasper, green to black
Dimensions:
13 x 11 mm
Iconography:
gesture, ithyphallic; mummy; clothing: bandage; animal: quadruped, unspecified; snake
Description: Transverse oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Black jasper. Broken, less than a quarter of the gem remains.
A: Quadruped (perhaps a pig?) standing to left, above a snake (for parallels, cf. CBd-27, CBd-1747, and CBd-2996.
B: In the center, a bandaged mummy standing to left (only the legs remain). To the left, an erect phallus. Traces of an inscription in the free field: ωρ[- - -] (to the left of the phallus, upside down), μ[- - -] (below the mummy).
Bibliography
Fossing 1929, 250, no. 1867.
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CBd-3179. 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/3179 on 17-06-2025.
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