Red jasper gem: Solar child on lotus

PP-ID:

PP-1206

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

DE-Berlin-Ant_32.237,56

Collection:

Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Antikensammlung

Collection Inventory:

32.237,56

Reference Numbers:

Weiss, Dressel, no. 665; CBd, no. 1206

Former Collections:

Dressel, Heinrich (1845–1920)

Material:

jasper, red

Dimensions:

10.5 × 10.8 × 2.2 mm

Iconography:

solar child sitting on lotus flower; solar child seated with legs extended; solar disk; hand raised to mouth; flail; lotus flower; all plants; moon, crescent

Upright oval. Red jasper, highly polished. (Shape 6). Broken, only the upper half is preserved.

Side A: The solar child (Harpocrates) is seated nude on a large lotus flower. He faces left, both legs are extended. His head is crowned with the solar disk (Weiss: atef-crown), he raises his right hand to his mouth, while holding a flail in his left. In the free field on the right, there is a crescent open to top.
Side B: Plain.

Selected bibliography
• Weiss 2007 >>, 318, no. 665.

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2025.08.03 14:27:26

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Credits Photo: Johannes Laurentius

Notes Side A of PP-1206