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Magical gem: Uterus, three deities (A) ορωριουθ (B)
CBd-Number:
CBd-4434
ID-Number:
Wu_Ex-Southesk_N 38
Collection:
Int_Whereabouts unknown
Inventory:
N 38
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 54.2.g_3
Former Collections:
Southesk, James Carnegie, Earl of (1827–1905)
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
6.5 x 5.5 mm
Iconography:
Ouroboros; key (7-bitted); Isis-Tyche; clothing: garment; crown, unspecified; gesture, hand raised to mouth; cornucopia; Anubis; clothing: bandage; Chnoubis, lion-headed; rays (5); Osiris
Divine Names & Voces:
ορωριουθ; vocales, αεηιουω
Logoi:
σοροορ-logos

Description: Upright oval, haematite. Set in a gold swivel. "W. Hunt: 1878".

A: Ouroboros, with head at top to left, encircling a uterus symbol with a seven-bitted key and a group of deities. From left to right: Isis-Tyche in a long robe in profile to left, left hand raised, right hand lowered beside the body and holding a cornucopia; the bandaged mummy of jackal-headed Anubis, to right; lion-headed Chnoubis, to left, head surrounded with five rays; and a bandaged, crowned mummy (Osiris). Inscription in the free field: αεηιουω → The Greek vowel series. Outside the Ouroboros: σοροορμερφεργαρβαρμαφριουηριγξι → σοροορ-logos
B: Inscription in two lines: ορωρ|ιουθ → ορωριουθ, below: two lines of characteres.

Bibliography
Michel, DMG, 54.2.g_3.
Southesk 1908, 163–164, pl. 14, no. N 38.

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CBd-4434. 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/4434 on 10-02-2025.

Image-ID 12602

Credits Southesk 1908, pl. 14

Notes Casts of side A and B