Gem: Solar disk, offering scene, deities (A) cartouches and scarabs (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-965
ID-Number:
GB-BM-MMEu_G 576, EA 51871
Collection:
GB_London, The British Museum
Inventory:
G 576 (EA 51871)
References:
Michel, BM, no. 606
Former Collections:
Hamilton Collection
Material:
amphibolite, green
Dimensions:
52 x 37 x 6 mm
Dating:
18th–19th c. AD (Michel)
Iconography:
solar disk, winged; Isis; crown, atef; hieroglyph, mn; scene, sacrifice; hieroglyph, ankh; clothing, unspecified; columns (3); cartouches (3); vessel: canopus; vessel stand; scarabs (2); figures, unidentified (3); figure, male; figure, female; throne; scepter, netjer; plant: reed leaf; figure, with indistinct animal head; scepter, unspecified
A: Enclosed within a frame around the edge, a representation divided into three registers. Top: winged solar disk, with a scarab on each side. Center: enthroned figures on the two sides (man with solar disk on head on the left, holding reed leaf and scepter; woman on the right), approached by three adoring figures (two to left, one to right) with votive offerings (on the left). Bottom: scene divided by three columns. Between the columns, an animal-headed figure holding a netjer-scepter and ankh-sign (on the left) and an Isis-headed canopus with atef-crown, placed on a vessel stand.
B: Three cartouches. The top one is framed by two scarabs, and contains the name Intef, the bottom ones are topped by the hieroglyph ’mn’ and contain the names of Mentuhotep (on the left) and Nubkheperra (on the right), kings of the 11th and 17th dynasties.
Probably from the same workshop as CBd 966.
Bibliography
Michel, BM on CBd-965
The British Museum Collection database on CBd-965
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CBd-965. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy.
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