Magical gem in a gold setting: Isis-Tyche, Sarapis and Isis on a boat
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CBd-Number:
CBd-4158
Collection:
IT_Firenze, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Inventory:
1280
References:
Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Fi 21
Material:
carnelian, red to brown
Dimensions:
13.5 x 10.5 x 3.8 mm
Iconography:
Isis; throne; calathus; clothing: tunic; clothing: mantle; Cerberus; Sarapis; weapon: helmet; cornucopia; clothing: garment; boat; Isis-Tyche; bust; scepter, unspecified; rudder
Description: Transverse oval, flat. Red carnelian. Mounted in a post-antique gold setting with two rings.
A: Scene with Isis-Tyche, Sarapis and Isis on a boat equipped with oars. On the left, Isis-Tyche crowned with a calathus, wearing a long garment and a mantle, right hand holding a steering oar, left hand a cornucopia. In the middle, Sarapis enthroned, dressed in tunic and mantle, right hand holding a scepter, left hand stretched forward, with Cerberus at his legs. On the left, Isis with both hands leaning on the prow, wearing a calathus, a long garment and a mantle, her head looking back. Above her figure: a bust with a helmet on the head.
B: No information.
Bibliography
SGG II, 42, Fi 21.
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CBd-4158. 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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