Magical gem in a gold setting: Osiris on a boat
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CBd-Number:
CBd-4152
ID-Number:
IT-FiMAN_15080
Collection:
IT_Firenze, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Inventory:
15080
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 39.1.b_1; Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Fi 15
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
17.4 x 12.4 x 3.2 mm
Iconography:
Osiris; crown, atef; gesture, arms crossed; clothing: bandage; boat, papyrus; bird: falcons (2); crown, double; animal: crocodiles (2); plant: papyrus; plant: lotus buds
Description: Upright oval, flat. Shaoe 8. Green and red jasper (heliotrope). Mounted in a modern gold setting with two small suspension hoops.
A: Osiris standing on a papyrus boat with his arms crossed in front of his chest, wearing the atef-crown with ram's horns on his head. On the right, eight papyrus stalks, on the left eight lotus buds. On both ends of the boat: a falcon crowned with the double crown of Egypt. Below the boat, on both sides: a crocodile.
B: No information.
Bibliography
SGG II, 39–40, Fi 15.
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CBd-4152. 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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