| Magical Gems in Their Contexts: Proceedings of the International Workshop Held in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, 16-18 February 2012 Contributor(s): Endreffy, Kata (Editor), Nagy, Arpad Miklos (Editor), Spier, Jeffrey (Editor) |
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ISBN: 8891312975 ISBN-13: 9788891312976 Publisher: L'Erma Di Bretschneider OUR PRICE: $285.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Series: Studia Archaeologica |
| Physical Information: 400 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The studies in this book derive from an international workshop held in Budapest in 2012 on magical gems: precious stone amulets engraved with inscriptions, images and magical signs, which represent the most sophisticated amulet type of the Roman Imperial Period. With contributors from a number of scholarly disciplines (classical archaeology, classical philology, Egyptology, Jewish studies, history of religions), the book provides a comprehensive overview of its subject, highlighting the many perspectives from which it can be studied, and bringing this long neglected object group on the wider horizons of classical research. |