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Magical gem: Anubis, Harpocrates, cock-headed deity, Greek inscription (A) Hermanubis, Osiris, lion-headed deity, Greek letters, characteres (B) Greek inscription (C)
CBd-Number:
CBd-3392
ID-Number:
Fr-BnF-CdM_Schlumberger.330
Collection:
FR_Paris, Cabinet des Médailles
Inventory:
Schlumberger.330
References:
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 161; Michel, DMG, no. 26.2.d_2; Mastrocinque 2014, no. 194
Former Collections:
Schlumberger, Gustave (1844–1929)
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
24 x 16 x 5 mm
Iconography:
Anubis; weapon: armour; kerykeion; plant: lotus flower; Osiris; crown, unspecified; figure, lion-headed; rays; plant: palm branches (2); Hermanubis; object, unidentified; flail; clothing: kilt; shoes: boots; scepter, unspecified; Harpocrates seated with legs extended; Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower; gesture, hand raised to mouth; figure, cock-headed; clothing: tunic; plant: stalks of (2)
Divine Names & Voces:
voces, unidentified

Description: Transverse rectangular pendant, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Black haematite. Intact.

A: On the left: Anubis dressed in a kilt and wearing boots, holding a scepter in his left hand. Next to him, Harpocrates sitting on a lotus flower, raising his right hand to his mouth. On the right: cock-headed deity, facing Harpocrates, wearing a short tunic and boots, holding a flail in his left hand and an unidentified obejct in his right hand. Various Greek letters all around: ν υκ ι|χ ο|ν|λιουν|χυι → probably unidentified voces. On the right: υι.
B: On the left: Hermanubis wearing an armour with boots, facing right, holding a caduceus in the right hand and a palm branch in the left. In the middle: Osiris holding two flowers and crowned with an unidentified crown. On the right: lion-headed deity clothed in an armour and wearing boots, crowned with rays, having a palm branch in his right hand and a scepter in his left hand. All around: Greek letters and characteres.
C: Greek inscription along the edge: ιλυιιλχιυιυιαιχινιιχιθχν → unidentified voces.

Bibliography
Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 161.
Mastrocinque 2014 on CBd-3392

The Cabinet des Médailles database on CBd-3392

Last modified: 2019-11-12 20:28:50
Link:cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/3392
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CBd-3392. 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/3392 on 09-03-2025.

Image-ID 10132

Credits Photo: A. Mastrocinque

Rights © Bibliothèque nationale de France, Cabinet des Médailles

Notes Side A and B