Deities standing on uterus (A) Greek inscription (B)

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Magical gem: Deities standing on uterus (A) Greek inscription (B)

CBd-Number CBd-1049

ID-Number US-AA-SCL_Bonner 22 Collection

US_Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library

Inventory SCL-Bonner 22

References Bonner, SMA D. 131; Michel, DMG, no. 54.2.f_9

Former Collections

Bonner, Campbell (1876 Nashville – 1954 Ann Arbor) Material haematite (black)

Dimensions 18 x 12 x 4 mm

Iconography

Nephthys; clothing, unspecified; gesture, greeting; figure, winged;

gesture, protective; clothing:

bandage; Osiris; Ouroboros;

key (6-bitted); cornucopia;

Anubis as mummy; uterus, in the form of a cupping vessel;

Isis-Tyche; crown, unspecified Divine Names &

Voces

voces, unidentified;

ορωριουθ; vocales, αεηιουω Logoi σοροορ-logos

Credits: by Christopher A. Faraone

A: Ouroboros encircling a uterus-symbol with a six-bitted key. Uterus with fallopian tubes and ligaments. Above the uterus, a group of deities, from left to right: Nephthys with wings facing right in a gesture of protection; Anubis as a mummy with head to right; the mummy of Osiris in profile to left; Isis-Tyche with cornucopia, right hand raised in greeting. The figures of Nephthys, Osiris and Isis-Tyche are crowned. Below them, flanking the uterus: αε|ηι|ο → part of the Greek vowel series.

Inscription outside the Ouroboros: σορο[- - -]φριου[- - -]. → σοροορ-logos.

B: Inscription in five lines: ορωριο|υθσουε|ρουθκαι|εισσχυρ|αιναν → unidentified

voces inculding ορωριουθ and, perhaps a Greek text (?). For a possible interpretation, see Bonner, SMA.

Bibliography

Bonner, SMA on CBd-1049 Images

Image of A in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library mage of B in the Amulet Collection of the Special Collections Library

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