Jasper gem: Deities on uterus, Ouroboros
PP-ID:
PP-4298
Classification:
Collection ID:
DE-München-Münzsammlung_2904
Collection:
Collection Inventory:
2904 (acc. 97923)
Reference Numbers:
Michel, DMG, no. 54.2.b_6; CBd, no. 2498
Material:
Dimensions:
15 × 13.4 × 1.9 mm
Iconography:
Brown jasper; upright oval, both faces flat, edge slightly rounded. (Shape 9c). Surface chipped and abraded.
Side A: Undecorated.
Side B: Deities standing above a uterus in the shape of a cupping vessel, ligaments and Fallopian tubes visible. Deities from left to right: Isis, lion-headed Chnoubis crowned with three rays, Nephthys. Both goddesses wear long garments and are adorned with the double feather crown; they turn towards Chnoubis with one hand raised in greeting. Key below the uterus. The scene is enclosed by an Ouroboros-snake with head at top to left; traces of an inscription outside the ouroboros at top right.
Selected bibliography
• Brandt, AGD I >>, no. 2904.
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2025.08.05 15:06:07
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