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Engraved Gem with Uterine Symbol and Egyptian Deities

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Hematite uterine intaglio. On one side is a uterus with a key at its entrance (locking it) and the small figures of Isis, Chnoubis and the mummy of Anubis over it. In the field below the gem the Greek letters "IAW." All within an ouroboros and the magical inscription called the Soroor-Logos. The stone is chipped at both the top and bottom. On the other side in Greek letters is the word "OPWPIYTh" in two lines surrounded by a beveled edge.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics [Charles Dikran Kelekian New York (by 1982)] by descent; to his daughter Nanette Rodney Kelekian New York (1982-1983) gift; to the Fogg Museum 1983. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Nanette B. Rodney
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Title: Engraved Gem with Uterine Symbol and Egyptian Deities
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Hematite uterine intaglio.
On one side is a uterus with a key at its entrance (locking it) and the small figures of Isis, Chnoubis and the mummy of Anubis over it.
In the field below the gem the Greek letters "IAW.
" All within an ouroboros and the magical inscription called the Soroor-Logos.
The stone is chipped at both the top and bottom.
On the other side in Greek letters is the word "OPWPIYTh" in two lines surrounded by a beveled edge.

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