Talismans - Magical(?) gem in a gold setting: Busts of Isis and Sarapis

Magical(?) gem in a gold setting: Busts of Isis and Sarapis

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CBd-Number:

CBd-4165

Collection:

IT_Firenze, Museo Archeologico Nazionale

Inventory:

1338

References:

Mastrocinque, SGG II, no. Fi 28

Material:

jasper, green and red

Dimensions:

14 x 11 x 3.4 mm

Iconography:

moon, crescent; Isis; modius; star; Sarapis; crown, unspecified; busts (2); globuses (2)

Description: Upright oval, side A concave. Green jasper with red spots (heliotrope). Mounted in a post-antique gold setting with two rings.

A: Bust of Isis wearing a crown and bust of Sarapis crowned with a modius. Below each bust, a globus. Above, in the middle, a six-pointed star and a crescent.
B: No information.

Bibliography
SGG II, 44, Fi 28.

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CBd-4165. 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/4165 on 08-10-2024.

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Credits Photo: Attilio Mastrocinque

Notes Side A