Jasper gem: Deities on uterus, Ouroboros

PP-ID:

PP-4298

Classification:

gem, magical

Collection ID:

DE-München-Münzsammlung_2904

Collection:

München, Staatliche Münzsammlung

Collection Inventory:

2904 (acc. 97923)

Reference Numbers:

Michel, DMG, no. 54.2.b_6; CBd, no. 2498

Material:

jasper, red

Dimensions:

15 × 13.4 × 1.9 mm

Iconography:

Ouroboros; Isis; unspecified long dress; double feathers crown; greeting gesture; Chnoubis, lion-headed; rays (3); Nephthys; uterus, in the form of a cupping vessel; key, unspecified

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.