IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 124576 accession number: CG 498 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 20 April 2017 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: obverse: Harpocrates in profile to the left, crouching upon the lotus bloom. His left hand is raised to his lips and in his right hand he holds the flail. The lotus plant upon which he sits is composed of the usual central bloom and two smaller, budded stalks; it grows from the top either of an altar or a naos (there seems to be a doorway carved into the base of the pediment which suggests a shrine or naos). to the left of this central subject is the erect lion-headed serpent. Chnoubis; to the right strides an ibis which is attached by means of a stretched cord to one of the budded stalks of the lotus. arranged in the filed above the ibis and Chnoubis, and encircling the elevated Harpocrates, are various animals (badly worn)- three crocodiles, a falcon and crab, two goats and two indistinct falcons. reverse: inscription in two lines. title: Magical amulet LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Antiquities STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/124576 CATEGORIES ------ category: engraved gems DATING ------ creation date: 200 - 400 creation date earliest: 200 creation date latest: 400 culture: 3rd Century-4th Century# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- value: 22 value: 28 CITATIONS -------- Classical Gems, Ancient and Modern Intaglios and Cameos in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge --- IMAGES surrogate: 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