Material: Bronze with gilt, gold inlay Date: ca. 747-525 B.C. Dimensions: H: 20.8 x W: 14.4 x D: 5.3 cm Findspot: Egypt, Karnak, Temple of…
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Statuette of Anubis – Anubis in a Vessel Divination
Material: Plastered and painted wood Date: Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C. Dimensions: H. 42.3 cm Findspot: Egypt, unknown Current Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 38.5…
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Statuette of Anubis
Material: Plastered and painted wood Date: Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C. Dimensions: H. 42.3 cm Findspot: Egypt, unknown Current Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 38.5…
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“I summon you in foreign languages to provide both health and salvation to me who carries (this)”
Material: Black obsidian (between 5-6 on the Mohs scale) Date: 2nd century A.D. (estimated) Dimensions: H: 3.68 cm × W. 2.83 cm x Th. 0.995…
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A Curse Tablet Against Slaves
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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Aquae Sulis – The Ancient Sacred Spring and the Lead Tablets
The Roman name of modern Bath was Aquae Sulis which means “Water of Sulis”. Sulis was a goddess of the Celtic Brythons. They had constructed…
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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…
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Theft of „Vilbia“ – A Curse Tablet from Roman Bath
Material: Lead Date: 2nd-4th century A.D. Dimensions: 6.83 × 6.83 × 12.7 cm Findspot: Roman baths (Bath, UK), in the Roman reservoir under the King’s…
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The Open University offers a free introductory course to ancient Greek for beginners. You can even download the course in various formats! Course Description The…
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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…
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