Talismans - Magical pendant: Four deities, inscriptions (A-E)

Magical pendant: Four deities, inscriptions (A-E)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-948

ID-Number:

GB-BM-MMEu_G 532, EA 35432

Collection:

GB_London, The British Museum

Inventory:

G 532 (EA 35432)

References:

Michel, BM, no. 589; Michel, DMG, no. 30.3.c_4

Material:

haematite (black)

Dimensions:

24 x 10 x 8 mm

Dating:

4th c. AD (Michel)

Iconography:

Isis; figure, female; Anubis as mummy; snake?; scepter, with bird on the top; clothing: kilt; Horus; clothing: garment; clothing: mantle; crown, Isis-; sistrum; vessel: situla; clothing: bandage

Divine Names & Voces:

voces, unidentified; Ἀνοχ

1. Wide side: Anubis as mummy to left. Below: inscription in three lines: αφιανο|χειερ|ωχι → voces including Ἀνοχ.
1. Narrow side: Isis standing to left, wearing a long garment and a mantle. On her head the Isis-crown. She is holding a situla in her left hand and a sistrum or a snake in her right. Below: Inscription in two lines: εχωθ|ισιθι → unidentified voces.
2. Wide side: Falcon-headed Horus to left, wearing a kilt and holding a scepter with a bird on the top in his right hand. Below on the left, vertically: αν. Below on the right, vertically: οχ → Ἀνοχ.
2. Narrow side: Standing nude? female figure to left, holding a snake? in her right hand. Below: σθη.
On the bottom of the pendant inscription in three lines: μφπ|επαρα|ημητ → unidentified voces.

Bibliography
Michel, BM on CBd-948
The British Museum Collection database on CBd-948

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CBd-948. 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/948 on 16-09-2024.