Talismans - Magical gem: Uterus, five deities, Ouroboros (A) vox (B)

Magical gem: Uterus, five deities, Ouroboros (A) vox (B)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-744

ID-Number:

GB-BM-MMEu_G 534, EA 35436

Collection:

GB_London, The British Museum

Inventory:

G 534 (EA 35436)

References:

Michel, BM, no. 373; Michel, DMG, no. 54.2.j_9

Former Collections:

Moss & Co, Fa. R.J.

Material:

haematite (black)

Dimensions:

21 x 3 mm

Dating:

3rd c. AD (Michel)

Iconography:

uterus, in the form of a cupping vessel; gesture, arms crossed; Bes; clothing, unspecified; Isis; Anubis as mummy; Chnoubis, lion-headed, without rays; key (7-bitted); Ouroboros; Osiris; gesture, greeting

Divine Names & Voces:

ορωριουθ; vocales, αεηιουω

Logoi:

σοροορ-logos

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A: Ouroboros, with bearded head to right, encircling a uterus-symbol with a seven-bitted key. Above the uterus, a group of deities, from left to right: Chnoubis, in profile, to right; the mummy of Anubis, also to right; Isis to front wearing a long robe, left hand raised in greeting; the mummy of Osiris with arms crossed; the figure of Bes, to front. Letters to the left of the uterus-symbol: αεη; below: ιο; on the right: υω → The Greek vowel series. Outside the Ouroboros: σοροορμερφεγαρβαμαφρουριγιξαε → σοροορ-logos, vocales.
B: Inscription in two lines: ορωρ|ιουθ → ορωριουθ.

Bibliography
Michel, BM on CBd-744
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=59238&partid=1&searchText=35436&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx¤tPage=1" target="_blank">The British Museum Collection database on CBd-744

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CBd-744. 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/744 on 09-03-2025.