Magical gem in a gold setting: Harpocrates seated on a lotus flower (A) Anguipes (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-4142
ID-Number:
IT-FiMAN_15088
Collection:
IT_Firenze, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Inventory:
15088
References:
Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Fi 5
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
13 x 10.8 x 2.9 mm
Iconography:
Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower; Harpocrates seated with knees drawn up; solar disk; gesture, hand raised to mouth; flail; plant: lotus flower; plant: lotus buds (2); Anguipes, cock-headed; weapon: armour; weapon: shield; whip
Divine Names & Voces:
vocales, αεηιουω; Ἀβρασάξ
Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Green jasper with red spots (heliotrope). Mounted in a modern gold setting with a small suspension hoop.
A: Harpocrates crowned with the solar disk, sitting on a lotus flower with two buds, his knees drawn up, right hand raised to mouth, left hand holding a flail. Greek inscription around the figure: αεηιουω → the Greek vowel series.
B: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, holding a whip in the right hand and a shield in the left hand, inscribed in three lines: αβ|ρα|σαξ → Ἄβρασαξ.
Bibliography
SGG II, 36, Fi 5.
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CBd-4142. 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/4142 on 27-09-2023.
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