Talismans - Scarab: Enthroned figures and two adorers (A) scarab (B)

Scarab: Enthroned figures and two adorers (A) scarab (B)

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CBd-Number:

CBd-967

ID-Number:

GB-BM-MMEu_G 578, EA 51868

Collection:

GB_London, The British Museum

Inventory:

G 578 (EA 51868)

References:

Michel, BM, no. 608

Former Collections:

Hamilton Collection

Material:

albite, green

Dimensions:

21 x 16 x 10 mm

Dating:

18th–19th c. AD (Michel)

Iconography:

figure, male; columns (2); throne; uraei (2); solar disk; scepter, unspecified; plant: reed leaf; hieroglyph, mn; figures, unidentified (2); scene, sacrifice

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A: Enclosed within a frame around the edge of the stone and resembling an Ouroboros, an enthroned figure (on the right) approached by two smaller figures with staffs. The enthroned figure is crowned with the solar disk and uraei, and holds a reed leaf in his right hand and a tall scepter in his left hand. The scene is flanked by two short columns on the sides, and the mn-hieroglyph above.
B: Profiled as a scarab.

Bibliography
Michel, BM on CBd-967
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=61773&partid=1&searchText=Michel+2001+608&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx&currentPage=1" target="_blank">The British Museum Collection database on CBd-967

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CBd-967. 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/967 on 24-04-2025.