Talismans - Magical(?) gem: Horus and Isis

Magical(?) gem: Horus and Isis

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CBd-Number:

CBd-537

ID-Number:

GB-BM-MMEu_G 1986,5-1,112

Collection:

GB_London, The British Museum

Inventory:

G 1986,5-1,112

References:

Michel, BM, no. 137; Michel, DMG, no. 16.2.b_3

Former Collections:

Ogden Collection

Material:

jasper, green to black

Dimensions:

17.2 x 132 x 2.4 mm

Dating:

3rd c. AD (Michel)

Iconography:

Horus; vessel: situla?; clothing: headcloth?; wig?; Isis; uraeus; gesture, greeting; clothing: garment; solar disk; scepter, was; clothing: kilt; hieroglyph, ankh?

A: On the left: ibis- or falcon-headed(?) man-like figure (Horus?) standing to right, wearing a kilt and a headcloth(?) or wig(?) on his head. On the top of the head the solar disk. He is holding a situla(?) or the hieroglyph 'ankh'(?) in his right hand and a was-scepter in front of his body in his left hand. On the right: female figure standing to left, raising her hands in a greeting gesture towards the other figure. She is wearing a long garment and a headcloth(?) or wig(?) on her head; on the top of the head an uraeus and the solar disk (Isis?).
B: Plain.

Bibliography
Michel, BM on CBd-537
The British Museum Collection database on CBd-537

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CBd-537. 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/537 on 07-09-2024.