Magical gem: Ouroboros, Harpocrates, Bes, Khnum, Isis (A) Seth, uterus, ορωριουθ, Greek vowel series, vocales (B)

CBd-Number CBd-3425 ID-Number Fr-BnF-CdM_Reg.M.8001 FR_Paris, Cabinet des Collection Médailles Inventory Reg.M.8001 Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 359; Michel, DMG, no. References 54.3_5; Mastrocinque 2014, no. 226 Material haematite (black) Dimensions 18.5 x 15 x 3 mm Ouroboros; flails (2); Seth; vessels, unspecified; clothing: garment; crown, Isis-; sistrum; pedestal; solar disk; Credits: Photo: A. Mastrocinque star; key, unspecified; uterus, Rights: © Bibliothèque nationale de France, Iconography in the form of a cupping Cabinet des Médailles vessel; clothing: kilt; Khnum; Bes; gesture, hand raised to mouth; Harpocrates seated with knees drawn up; key (7- bitted) voces, unidentified; vocales; Divine Names & ορωριουθ; ορωριουθ, variants; Voces vocales, αεηιουω

Description: Transverse oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Black haematite. Chips on the edge of side A. Acquired from Feuardent antiquarian in 1910.

A: Ouroboros enclosing a scene with several deities. On the left, Harpocrates sitting on the head of Bes, raising his left hand to his mouth and holding a flail in his right hand, followed by Khnum sitting on a pedestal, wearing a solar disk and a kilt, holding a womb with a key in his right hand and a star in his left hand. On the right, Isis wearing the Isis-crown and a long garment, her left hand holding a vessel, while a sistrum is depicted in her right hand. B: Seth clothed in a kilt, holding a flail in his right hand and a scepter in his left hand, standing on a uterus with a seven-bitted key below. Inscription all around: ορωριουθιαεηωιουιυοωηαιοαω ωριωουθραβρηχιχ → voces including ορωριουθ and its variant, the Greek vowel series and vocales.

Bibliography Delatte–Derchain 1964, no. 359. Mastrocinque 2014 on CBd-3425 The Cabinet des Médailles database on CBd-3425

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