{"title":"A Magical Amulet from Durostorum (Moesia Inferior)","authors":"D. Deac, Radu Petcu","doi":"10.15661/tyche.2017.032.02","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The paper analyzes a magical amulet discovered in 2007 by Radu Petcu in the civilian Roman settlement of Ostrov-Durostorum, province of Moesia Inferior. The intaglio, made of lapis lazuli, is a ring stone and depicts the so-called Pantheos or Polymorphic Deity . Following a description of the iconography, a history of research on the interpretation of this deity is presented. An interpretation of the Greek texts on the obverse and reverse of the intaglio is then offered, assisted by a review of comparanda. Finally, the conclusions are made, envisaging the apotropaic role of the amulet and the importance of the new vox magica. Keywords: Magical Amulet; Durostorum; Pantheos; Polymorphic deity; vox magica.","PeriodicalId":30714,"journal":{"name":"TYCHE - Contributions to Ancient History Papyrology and Epigraphy","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"TYCHE - Contributions to Ancient History Papyrology and Epigraphy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.15661/tyche.2017.032.02","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The paper analyzes a magical amulet discovered in 2007 by Radu Petcu in the civilian Roman settlement of Ostrov-Durostorum, province of Moesia Inferior. The intaglio, made of lapis lazuli, is a ring stone and depicts the so-called Pantheos or Polymorphic Deity . Following a description of the iconography, a history of research on the interpretation of this deity is presented. An interpretation of the Greek texts on the obverse and reverse of the intaglio is then offered, assisted by a review of comparanda. Finally, the conclusions are made, envisaging the apotropaic role of the amulet and the importance of the new vox magica. Keywords: Magical Amulet; Durostorum; Pantheos; Polymorphic deity; vox magica.
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