Talismans - Gem: Lion carrying Isis and Horus enthroned

Gem: Lion carrying Isis and Horus enthroned

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CBd-Number:

CBd-962

ID-Number:

GB-BM-MMEu_G 430, EA 56430

Collection:

GB_London, The British Museum

Inventory:

G 430 (EA 56430)

References:

Michel, BM, no. 603

Former Collections:

Towneley Collection

Material:

lapis lazuli (blue)

Dimensions:

17 x 17 x 3 mm

Dating:

18th c. AD (Michel)

Iconography:

animal: lion; Isis; crown, Isis-; crown, double; scorpion; throne; sphinx; gesture, protective

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A: Lion striding right, carrying a throne with lotus frieze and cavetto cornice. On the throne: the head of crowned Isis, with winged arms, protecting the bust of Horus, adorned with the double crown. In front of Horus, a scorpion represented diagonally from right to left, and a sphinx with a bearded human head.
B: Plain.

Bibliography
Michel, BM on CBd-962
The British Museum Collection database on CBd-962

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CBd-962. 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/962 on 02-06-2023.