Total:
3575 / 3605 object(s)
Magical gem: Ouroboros, uterus, Chnoubis, deities (A) Ibis tied to an altar (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-4436
ID-Number:
Southesk, N 42
Collection:
Int_Whereabouts unknown
Inventory:
N 42
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 54.8.b_4
Former Collections:
Rhoussopoulos, Athanasios (Athens) 1823–1898; Southesk, James Carnegie, Earl of (1827–1905)
Material:
haematite (black)
Dimensions:
9 x 8 mm
Iconography:
bird: ibis, tied to an altar; altar; plant: stalks of (3); uterus, in the form of a cupping vessel; Ouroboros; Chnoubis, with unspecified head; Anubis as mummy; mummy; Isis; clothing: garment; key (4-bitted)
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἰάω; ορωριουθ; sign, unidentified
Description: Upright oval, flat. Black haematite. Mounted in a silver setting. "Athens, Professor Rhousopoulos: 1880".
A: Ouroboros enclosing a uterus in the form of a cupping vessel with a four-bitted key below. Above the uterus: mummiform Anubis, Chnoubis, mummy, Isis dressed in a long garment, lifting an unidentified object. In the free field: ιαω → Ἰάω.
B: Ibis tied to an altar with three stalks of plant. In the free field: unidentified signs. Greek inscription in two lines below: ορωριο|υθ → ορωριουθ.
Bibliography
Michel, DMG, 54.8.b_4
Southesk 1908, 166–167, pl. 14, no. N 42.
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CBd-4436. 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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