Magical gem: Horus on a lotus
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3185
ID-Number:
NL-Leiden-RMO_GS-01123
Collection:
NL_Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Inventory:
GS-01123
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 19.1.b_30
Former Collections:
Hague, Royal Coin Cabinet
Material:
carnelian, red to brown
Dimensions:
9 x 8 x 3.5 mm
Iconography:
Harpocrates seated with legs extended; Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower; plant: lotus buds (2); cornucopia; crown, lotus; gesture, hand raised to mouth
Place of discovery:
Asia Minor
Description: Upright oval, side A slightly convex. Shape 4. Bright red carnelian, intact.
From Asia Minor. Acquired from Van Lennep in 1894.
A: Harpocrates sitting nude with both legs extended on a lotus flower with two buds. Head and feet to right. Head crowned with a lotus-crown (?). Right hand holding a cornucopia, left hand raised to mouth.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Maaskant-Kleibrink 1978, 356, no. 1123.
Michel, DMG, 19.1.b_30.
Rijksmuseum website on CBd-3185
From Asia Minor. Acquired from Van Lennep in 1894.
A: Harpocrates sitting nude with both legs extended on a lotus flower with two buds. Head and feet to right. Head crowned with a lotus-crown (?). Right hand holding a cornucopia, left hand raised to mouth.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Maaskant-Kleibrink 1978, 356, no. 1123.
Michel, DMG, 19.1.b_30.
Rijksmuseum website on CBd-3185
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CBd-3185. 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/3185 on 16-03-2025.
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