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ASTA 107 - Glittica Sessione Unica
Friday 22 April 2022 hours 15:00 (UTC +00:00)
A roman hematite magical intaglio set on a silver ring. Harpocrates on a lotus flower.<br><br>2nd - 3rd century A.D.
A roman hematite magical intaglio set on a silver ring. Harpocrates on a lotus flower.
2nd - 3rd century A.D.
A) In the center, Harpocrates as a youth standing naked on a lotus flower (the lower part of the body hidden inside the lotus ?). On each side, Hermanubis, standing toward the young Horus, on a boat and worshipping. Stars and charakteres. All around, an ouroboros.
B) Partially erased inscriptions.
A praxis known from a papyrus (PGM LXI 1-38) specifies that love charms had to be incised with the image of Horus on a lotus flower and the magical name Abraxas (here impossible to confirm the inscription on the reverse). Pieces with the Horus-scheme used as love charms: CBd-533, CBd-534.
Slight crack and restoration.
Stone diam. 15 mm; ring size 19,5 mm circa; 12,34 gr.