Magical amulet with intaglio designs: man stooping to cut wheat; mounted saint slaying a female demon
Magical amulet with intaglio designs: man stooping to cut wheat; mounted saint slaying a female demon
Magical amulet with intaglio designs: man stooping to cut wheat; mounted saint slaying a female demon
Magical amulet with intaglio designs: man stooping to cut wheat; mounted saint slaying a female demon

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Magical amulet with intaglio designs: man stooping to cut wheat; mounted saint slaying a female demon,

3rd–5th century CE

Roman
Late Roman
2004-85

Information

Title
Magical amulet with intaglio designs: man stooping to cut wheat; mounted saint slaying a female demon
Dates

3rd–5th century CE

Medium
Hematite
Dimensions
preserved: 3.1 x 3.8 x 0.6 cm, wt. 20.9g (1 3/16 x 1 1/2 x 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Classical Purchase Fund.
Object Number
2004-85
Inscription
A partial inscription in retrograde is preserved on the obverse. Such magical incantations are frequently obscure, and this one’s meaning is uncertain.
Period
Late Antique
Type
amulets, ornament
Materials
hematite
Subject
horses, stars, saints, demons, running ornament, wheat straw, figures (representations), men

Purchased from Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd., June 23, 2004.

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