Talismans - Magical gem: Harpocrates sitting on a lotus flower

Magical gem: Harpocrates sitting on a lotus flower

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CBd-Number:

CBd-4057

ID-Number:

It-Ravenna-MNR_1433

Collection:

IT_Ravenna, Museo Nazionale di Ravenna

Inventory:

1433

References:

Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Ra 2

Material:

jasper, yellow

Dimensions:

11 x 8.5 x 2 mm

Iconography:

Harpocrates seated with one leg bent in knee; Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower; gesture, hand raised to mouth; solar disk; plant: lotus flower; cornucopia

Description: Upright oval, flat. Shape 8. Yellow jasper. Abraded.

A: Harpocrates sitting with one leg bent in knee, on a lotus flower, his head topped with the solar disk, his right hand holding a cornucopia, left hand raised to mouth.
B: Plain.

Bibliography
SGG II, 120, Ra 2.

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CBd-4057. 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/4057 on 16-09-2024.

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Credits Photo: Attilio Mastrocinque

Notes Side A