Magical gem in a gold setting: Mummy of Osiris on lion (A) voces (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-4151
Collection:
IT_Firenze, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Inventory:
15118
References:
Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Fi 14
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
18 x 13.8 x 3.6 mm
Iconography:
animal: lion; Anubis; Isis; mummy; Nephthys; Osiris; gesture, greeting; clothing: garment; crown, unspecified; clothing: bandage; crown, double feathers?
Divine Names & Voces:
Σαβαώθ; Ἀδωναΐ; Ἰάω, variants
Description: Transverse oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Black haematite. Mounted in a modern gold setting with a small suspension hoop.
A: In the centre, the crowned mummy of Osiris lying on the back of a lion striding left. Behind the lion, the jackal-headed Anubis standing with both arms raised. On the two sides, Isis and Nephthys dressed in long garments and wearing the double feathers crown, their arms raised in greeting.
B: Greek inscription in three lines: ιαωαισ|αβαωθα|δωναι → variant of Ἰάω, Σαβαώθ, Ἀδωναΐ.
Bibliography
SGG II, 39, Fi 13.
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CBd-4151. 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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