Magical Gems in Their Contexts

Proceedings of the International Workshop held in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, 16-18 February 2012

edited by Kata Endreffy, Arpad Miklos Nagy and Jeffrey Spier

Book cover: Magical Gems in Their Contexts

Extent: 400 pages

Publisher: L’ERMA di Bretschneider

Subjects: Classical Studies, Mediterranean Archaeology

Series: Studia Archaeologica

Series volume number: 229

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(February 2019)

ISBN: 9788891312976

6.65 x 9.41 inches

Price: $300.00

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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.

  • Edited by Kata Endreffy
  • Edited by Arpad Miklos Nagy
  • Edited by Jeffrey Spier