Magical gem: Composite image of Horus and cynocephalus
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3187
ID-Number:
NL-Leiden-RMO_GS-01126
Collection:
NL_Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Inventory:
GS-01126
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 19.7_5
Former Collections:
Hague, Royal Coin Cabinet
Material:
jasper, green to black
Dimensions:
16.5 x 13 x 3 mm
Iconography:
Horus; animal: cynocephalus; flail; gesture, greeting; gesture, hand raised to mouth; solar disk; side-lock of youth
Description: Upright oval, side A flat. Shape 8. Green jasper, damaged at the lower edge, otherwise intact.
A: Composite image of Harpocrates and baboon. Harpocrates sits to left, with left hand raised to mouth, right hand not shown, head crowned with the solar disk, side-lock of youth visible. The trunks of Harpocrates and the baboon are joined, the baboon is shown upside down in relation to Harpocrates. The baboon appears in profile to left, both arms raised in greeting, standing for the legs of Harpocrates. The flail of Harpocrates is also the tail of the baboon.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Jonge, CdE, no. 1166.
Maaskant-Kleibrink 1978, 357, no. 1126.
Michel, DMG, 19.7_5.
Rijksmuseum website on CBd-3187
A: Composite image of Harpocrates and baboon. Harpocrates sits to left, with left hand raised to mouth, right hand not shown, head crowned with the solar disk, side-lock of youth visible. The trunks of Harpocrates and the baboon are joined, the baboon is shown upside down in relation to Harpocrates. The baboon appears in profile to left, both arms raised in greeting, standing for the legs of Harpocrates. The flail of Harpocrates is also the tail of the baboon.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Jonge, CdE, no. 1166.
Maaskant-Kleibrink 1978, 357, no. 1126.
Michel, DMG, 19.7_5.
Rijksmuseum website on CBd-3187
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CBd-3187. 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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