Talismans - Amulet(?) gem: Harpocrates

Amulet(?) gem: Harpocrates

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CBd-Number:

CBd-4028

ID-Number:

IT_Trieste-MusAnt_577M

Collection:

IT_Trieste, Museo d'Antichità J. J. Winckelmann

Inventory:

577M

References:

Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Ts 1

Former Collections:

Oblasser, Vittorio Collection

Material:

citrine (yellow)

Dimensions:

13.2 x 9 (preserved part) x 0.9 mm

Iconography:

Harpocrates; cornucopia; column; gesture, hand raised to mouth; crown, double?

Description: Upright oval, flat. Shape 8. Edge broken off on both sides.

A: Nude Harpocrates leaning on a short column, crowned with the double (?) crown, left arm bent in elbow and raised to the mouth, right hand resting on a column, and holding a cornucopia.
B: Plain.

/Description: Marzia Vidulli – Susanna Moser – CBd/

Bibliography
SGG II, 155, no. Ts 1.

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CBd-4028. 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/4028 on 19-04-2025.

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Credits Photo: A. Mastrocinque

Notes Side A