Amulet(?) gem: Harpocrates
CBd-Number CBd-2064
ID-Number DE-Berlin-Aeg_9769 Collection
DE_Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum Inventory 9769
References Philipp, Mira et Magica, no.
90 Former
Collections
Stosch, Philipp von, Collection
Material jasper, red
Dimensions 1st c. AD (H. Philipp) Dating 13 x 9 x 3 mm
Iconography
Harpocrates; clothing:
mantle; cornucopia; crown, double?; crown, unspecified;
gesture, hand raised to mouth; animal: ram; snake
Credits: by Margarete Büsing
Rights: © Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum
A: Nude Harpocrates standing in three-quarter view to right, head in profile to right, crowned with the double crown (?). Left hand raised to mouth, right hand holding a cornucopia and his mantle.
On the right, a ram standing in profile; on the left, a snake.
B: Plain.
Bibliography
Philipp, Mira et Magica on CBd-2064
Last modified: 2015-06-05 07:28:04
