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Record Details

Object Identifier
0000.02.6067
Other Number
Bonner 142
Type of Number
Catalogue Number
Object Name
amulet
Lot
Nahman
Object Type
Amulets
Materials
Hematite
Weight
4g
Pierced
no
Inscribed
yes
Full Artifact Description
Obv.: Ouroboros enclosing uterine symbol, at r. of which a seated god touches the knob of the key. His head is not human, but either that of a hawk or that of a ram. Above, four divinities; at r. and l., winged goddesses, with one wing raised, the other lowered, in the traditional attitude of Isis and Nephthys fanning Osiris. The figures may be meant for those two goddesses, but they are not clearly characterized. At center, Anubis mummy facing an unidentified goddess. Round the design, inside the ouroboros, and in the field, vowels in various combinations, also Iao at r, Sabaoth at bottom. Outside ouroboros, the Soroor formula, partly illegible through abrasion. Rev.: Ouroboros enclosing inscription in eight lines. Haematite. Upright oval, 20 x 18 x 3 (Studies in Magical Amulets, Bonner).
Subjects
Uterine
Verbatim Date
2nd - 4th C AD
Verbatim Provenance
Egypt
Production Site
site
Countermark
no
Exhibition Title
Women and Gender in Ancient Egypt: from Prehistory to Late Antiquity
Passionate Curiosities
The Art & Science of Healing: From Antiquity to the Renaissance
Exhibition Curator
Wilfong, Terry
Root, Margaret Cool
Alvarez, Pablo
Exhibition Year
2015
2017
Publication Title
Studies in Magical Amulets, Chiefly Graeco-Egyptian
Publication Author
Bonner, Cambell
Publication Year
1950
Class Title
Witchcraft
Encountering the Wild in Ancient Greece and Rome (F2023)
MSU Classical Society (W2024)
Class Instructor
Brittany Hardy
Class Department
ENGLISH
Class Number
125.095
Class Year
2012
2023
2024
Class Semester
Fall
Winter
Type Category
Artifact

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3865 x 3425
File Size
1 MB
Record
0000.02.6067
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