Magical scarab: Figure with hand to mouth, pseudo-script (A) scarab (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-924
ID-Number:
GB-BM-MMEu_G 186, EA 56186
Collection:
GB_London, The British Museum
Inventory:
G 186 (EA 56186)
References:
Michel, BM, no. 565; Michel, DMG, no. 30.6.g_8
Former Collections:
Hamilton Collection
Material:
porphyry, green
Dimensions:
33 x 27 x 17 mm
Dating:
1st c. BC (Michel)
Iconography:
figure, unidentified; crown, unspecified; clothing, unspecified; gesture, hand raised to mouth; hieroglyph, sa?
A: Figure standing in profile to left, wearing a long robe, head crowned, right arm raised to mouth, left arm lowered beside the body, holding a sa-sign (?). On the left and right of the figure, vertical lines of pseudo-script.
B: Profiled as a scarab.
Bibliography
Michel, BM on CBd-924
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=60283&partid=1&searchText=56186&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx¤tPage=1" target="_blank">The British Museum Collection database on CBd-924
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CBd-924. 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/924 on 09-03-2025.
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