Material: Lead Date: ca. 100 B.C. Dimensions: 8.5 × 13.5 × 3.2 cm Findspot: unknown Current Location: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California, 77.AI.97…
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“Solomon’s seal has annyhilated you” – A Bronze Amulet with Christian, Jewish, Egyptian, and Greek elements
Material: Bronze Date: 6th century A.D.(?) Dimensions: 5.8 x 4.5 cm Findspot: unknown Current Location: British Museum, London, 1938,1010.1 This bronze amulet was made to…
The Meaning of Threatening Higher Powers in Graeco-Egyptian Magic
In last sunday’s lecture we discussed the partially destroyed Bear Ritual in the encrypted Greek ritual manual “PGM LVII / LXXII” (ca. late first to…
Ancient Egyptian Cuff Bracelets Decorated with Cats
These adorable carnelian and gold cats on the ancient Egyptian bracelet are similar to elements of royal jewelry dating to the beginning of Dynasty 18.…
Prayer to Isis to Move the Constellation of the Great Bear – Encrypted – Translated
This is the prayer to Isis in the fascinating, fully encrypted ritual manual PGM LVII (PGM 57). Due to the fragmentary condition of the papyrus,…
Horoscope Signet Ring with Bust of Asklepios
Date: 4th century (terminus post quem August 16/17 327 CE) Location: Tartus (Syria) (uncertain if findspot of place of purchase) Dimensions: 1.91 cm Current location:…
Ritual Instruction PGM XXXVI, 35-68 – Anger Restrainer
Most excellent Restrainer of anger (θυμοκάτοχον), Favour securer (χαριτήσιον) and Victory gainer (νικητικόν) in the courts PGM XXXVI, 35-68 (papyrus scroll) 4th century, Greek, Egypt…
Hemerology: Ancient Egyptian Day Picking Calendars – Lucky and Unlucky Days for Ritual Practice
Ancient Egyptian “day-picking calendars” – also called “fate calendars” – classified the days of the month or year as positive or negative, similar to omens.…
Video: Acrostic of the Power of Sêth
In this video, I indtroduce a fascinating papyrus fragment measuring only 9×13 cm. It preserves a drawing of the ancient Egyptian god Sêth and an…