Talismans - Gem: Two deities (A) Mentuhotep-cartouche (B)

Gem: Two deities (A) Mentuhotep-cartouche (B)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-966

ID-Number:

GB-BM-MMEu_G 579, EA 51870

Collection:

GB_London, The British Museum

Inventory:

G 579 (EA 51870)

References:

Michel, BM, no. 607

Former Collections:

Hamilton Collection

Material:

jasper, red

Dimensions:

29 x 12 x 3 mm

Dating:

18th–19th c. AD (Michel)

Iconography:

solar disk, winged; figures, male (2); crown, atef; uraei (2); plant: reed leaf; scepter, netjer; cartouche; vessels, unspecified (2); clothing, unspecified

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A: Stone carved in the shape of a cartouche. Two figures standing in profile, facing each other. The left-hand figure wears a long robe and the atef-crown, and holds bowls in both hands. The right-hand figure also wears a long robe, a beard, and the solar disk with uraei on his head. Both arms raised, right one holding a reed leaf, left one holding a netjer-scepter. Above, a large, winged sun disk.
B: Cartouche containing the name of Mentuhotep, king of the 11th dnasty.
Probably from the same workshop as CBd-965.

Bibliography
Michel, BM on CBd-966
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=61685&partid=1&searchText=Michel+2001+607&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx&currentPage=1" target="_blank">The British Museum Collection database on CBd-966

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CBd-966. 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/966 on 08-02-2023.