Abstract
A debate on the connections between Roman magical gems and Iron Age Etruscan, Greek, and Phoenician protective scarab amulets. Etruscans scarab seals are a local development of Phoenician and Greek gem-cutting traditions. In Etruria, scarab amulets assumed a new function and identity in accordance to native tastes and beliefs. Thus, iconography and techniques were adapted in order to attend new cultural usages. Later, that glyptic technique was adapted by Romans for their own cultural environment. New transformations occurred during the Imperial period, as Roman magical gems absorbed new syncretic Egyptianizing elements from the eastern provinces.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Nemo nom metuit |
| Subtitle of host publication | magic in the Romn world |
| Editors | Elizabeth Ann Pollard, Fabrizio Conti |
| Place of Publication | Budapest |
| Publisher | Trivent |
| Chapter | 1 |
| Pages | 7 - 51 |
| Number of pages | 44 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-615-6405-42-5, 978-615-6405-43-2 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-615-6405-44-9 |
| Publication status | Published - 11 Oct 2022 |
Keywords
- Glyptic
- Scarab amulets
- Etruria
- Phoenician colonisation
- Ancient Greece
- Iron Age
- Archaeology
- Egyptianizing art
- Egyptology
- Rome
- Mediterranean