Amulet(?) gem: Horus falcon on heb-hieroglyph
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CBd-Number:
CBd-399
ID-Number:
GB-BM-MMEu_G 195, EA 56195
Collection:
GB_London, The British Museum
Inventory:
G 195 (EA 56195)
References:
Michel, BM, no. 20
Former Collections:
Towneley Collection
Material:
carnelian (colour unspecified)
Dimensions:
15 x 10 x 4 mm
Dating:
1st c. AD
Iconography:
Horus; crown, double; solar disk, winged; hieroglyph, heb
A: Horus as a falcon, to right, with the double crown of Egypt. Below: the hieroglyph 'heb'. Above, on the left: winged solar disk.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Michel, BM on CBd-399
The British Museum Collection database on CBd-399
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CBd-399. 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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