Heliotrope gem: Isis and Nephthys with solar child
PP-ID:
PP-1207
Classification:
Collection ID:
DE-Berlin-Ant_32.237,141
Collection Inventory:
32.237,141
Reference Numbers:
Weiss, Dressel, no. 666; CBd, no. 1207
Former Collections:
Material:
Dimensions:
10.7 × 14.3 × 3.2 mm
Iconography:
Upright oval, both faces convex. (Shape 4). Dark, greenish brown jasper with red flecks (heliotrope). Small chip at the upper right edge.
Side A: Solar child (Harpocrates) seated atop a column that terminates in a lotus chalice. The youthful figure sits facing left, knees drawn up, with his right hand held to his mouth and his left grasping a flail. A solar disk rests atop his head. Flanking him on either side are two goddesses – Isis and Nephthys – clad in long robes and adorned with the Isis-crown (lotus and double feathers). Each goddess holds a sa-sign in her lowered hand while using the other hand to support the lotus column.
Side B: Plain.
Selected bibliography
• Weiss 2007 >>, 318, no. 666.
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2025.08.03 14:30:07
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