MAGIC IN LATE ANTIQUITY: THE EVIDENCE OF MAGICAL GEMS.
This article examines the main problems related to the so-called magical gems (semiprecious stones engraved with images of various deities or demons and characterised by the presence of symbols and inscriptions) in order to illustrate the contribution that this kind of archaeological material can ma...
| Published in: | Late Antique Archaeology Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 435 - 474 |
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Brill Academic Publishers
2010
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