Talismans - Magical(?) gem: Harpocrates in papyrus boat

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Magical(?) gem: Harpocrates in papyrus boat

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CBd-Number:

CBd-75

ID-Number:

IL-Landau Collection_12

Collection:

IL_Landau Collection

Inventory:

Material:

jasper, green to black

Dimensions:

14 x 10 x 2 mm

Iconography:

Harpocrates seated with knees drawn up; boat, papyrus; bird: falcons (2); crown, double; solar disk; side-lock of youth; gesture, hand raised to mouth; flail

A: The young Horus sitting nude, with knees drawn up inside a papyrus boat. Head crowned with the solar disk, side-lock of youth visible. Right hand bent in elbow and holding a flail, left hand raised to mouth. Two falcons perch at the prow and stern of the boat, both wearing the double crown.
B: Plain.

Bibliography
Ben-Ami Endres Auctions 30.10.2012, Lot 88.

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CBd-75. 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/75 on 08-10-2024.