Amulet / Jasper
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.02.6065
- Other Number
- Bonner 196
- Type of Number
- Catalogue Number
- Object Name
- Amulet
- Lot
- Nahman
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Amulets
- Materials
- Jasper
- Inscribed
- yes
- Full Artifact Description
- Obv.: Cynocephalus with disk (apparently resting in a crescent) on head, standing to l. over flying scarab; in his extended paws he holds a little figure of Harpocrates seated to l. on lotus in the usual attitude. At lower l. margin, Iao, round r. margin, the seven vowels. Rev.: Extremely crude representation of Aphrodite drying her hair. On bevel the Ablanathanalba palindrome twice, but with errors each time. Black jasper. Upright oval, 22 x 17 x 4 (Studies in Magical Amulets, Bonner).
- Verbatim Date
- 1st - 5th C AD
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Countermark
- no
- Publication Title
- Studies in Magical Amulets, Chiefly Graeco-Egyptian
- Publication Author
- Bonner, Cambell
- Publication Year
- 1950
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.02.6065
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.6065/0000_02_6065
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"Amulet; Jasper." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.6065/0000_02_6065. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024.