One of the bronze plates formerly in the Bianchini collection, which entered the Cabinet des Médailles (Paris) at the end of the 18th century, bears a text and an image, supposedly unintelligible and therefore thought to be of a magic nature. A new examination of this artefact, actually the main part of a bracelet, shows that it depicts an assembly of twenty-eight divinities, illustrating the religious landscape of Egypt in the 2nd-3rd century, and that it is inscribed with two short acclamations. The first one exalts the greatness of the name of Sarapis, the second that of Neôtera the invincible. The identity of this goddess is difficult to define, but she often seems to correspond to a form of Isis assimilated to Korè. The glorifying invo...
In diesem Beitrag werden zwei ptolemäische Weihungen aus der Mitte des 3. Jh. aus Halikarnassos und ...
International audienceOur understanding of ancient imagery is not immediate, so identifying certain ...
The identification of figures on Egyptian textiles of the Byzantine period (sixth-seventh centuries ...
Une plaque de bronze ayant appartenu à Francesco Bianchini, cet érudit et savant véronais qui fut pr...
At least five series of coins issued by the provincial mint of Alexandria in the late second and ear...
Cette recherche a pour principal objectif de scruter l’élaboration et l'implantation du culte de Sar...
Includes bibliographical references.Includes illustrations and maps.Religious syncretism began in th...
Cet article porte principalement sur deux types d’inscriptions dédicatoires, particulièrement liés a...
Sarapis + Isis on gold ring (3 cent BC) + silver tetradrachm of Ptolemy IV (221-205 Bc) Brit. Mus.ht...
Among the Late Roman coins struck in Alexandria, a series draws attention because of its local icono...
International audienceIn some Greek and Latin testimonies of Late Antiquity, several stones are used...
This paper deals with the diffusion that the couple formed by Isis and Sarapis reached in the Greek ...
International audienceMagical gems are engraved stone amulets: they are partly empowered by inscribe...
The ancient Near Eastern idols present often geometric shapes, mostly woman figures, whose pelvis, s...
In diesem Beitrag werden zwei ptolemäische Weihungen aus der Mitte des 3. Jh. aus Halikarnassos und ...
International audienceOur understanding of ancient imagery is not immediate, so identifying certain ...
The identification of figures on Egyptian textiles of the Byzantine period (sixth-seventh centuries ...
Une plaque de bronze ayant appartenu à Francesco Bianchini, cet érudit et savant véronais qui fut pr...
At least five series of coins issued by the provincial mint of Alexandria in the late second and ear...
Cette recherche a pour principal objectif de scruter l’élaboration et l'implantation du culte de Sar...
Includes bibliographical references.Includes illustrations and maps.Religious syncretism began in th...
Cet article porte principalement sur deux types d’inscriptions dédicatoires, particulièrement liés a...
Sarapis + Isis on gold ring (3 cent BC) + silver tetradrachm of Ptolemy IV (221-205 Bc) Brit. Mus.ht...
Among the Late Roman coins struck in Alexandria, a series draws attention because of its local icono...
International audienceIn some Greek and Latin testimonies of Late Antiquity, several stones are used...
This paper deals with the diffusion that the couple formed by Isis and Sarapis reached in the Greek ...
International audienceMagical gems are engraved stone amulets: they are partly empowered by inscribe...
The ancient Near Eastern idols present often geometric shapes, mostly woman figures, whose pelvis, s...
In diesem Beitrag werden zwei ptolemäische Weihungen aus der Mitte des 3. Jh. aus Halikarnassos und ...
International audienceOur understanding of ancient imagery is not immediate, so identifying certain ...
The identification of figures on Egyptian textiles of the Byzantine period (sixth-seventh centuries ...