Talismans - Magical gem: Ouroboros encircling uterus, three deities (A) vox (B)

Magical gem: Ouroboros encircling uterus, three deities (A) vox (B)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-736

ID-Number:

GB-BM-MMEu_G 77, EA 56077

Collection:

GB_London, The British Museum

Inventory:

G 77 (EA 56077)

References:

Michel, BM, no. 359; Michel, DMG, no. 54.2.b_1

Former Collections:

Towneley Collection

Material:

haematite (black)

Dimensions:

18 x 12 x 3 mm

Dating:

3rd c. AD (Michel)

Iconography:

Chnoubis, lion-headed; Ouroboros; clothing, unspecified; rays (7); gesture, protective; Nephthys; Isis; key (7-bitted); uterus, in the form of a cupping vessel; crown, Isis- (?)

Divine Names & Voces:

ορωριουθ, variants

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A: Ouroboros, head to right, enclosing a uterus-symbol with a seven-bitted key. Above the uterus, a group of deities. In the middle: Chnoubis, head to left, surrounded with seven rays. On the two sides, facing Chnoubis, two winged goddesses wearing long robes, arms held in a protective gesture. Heads crowned with the Isis-crown or perhaps with hieroglyphs indicating their names (throne for Isis, on the left, basket and house for Nephthys, on the right)?
B: Inscribed in two lines: ορωριο|ουοθ → variant of ορωριουθ. Character.

Bibliography
Michel, BM on CBd-736
Faraone 2011, 56, pls. 19a-c.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=62197&partid=1&searchText=56077&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx¤tPage=1" target="_blank">The British Museum Collection database on CBd-736

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CBd-736. 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/736 on 09-03-2025.