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Amulet with Kronos and an Inscribed Prayer

Date

A.D. 100–250

Medium

Yellow jasper

Culture

Roman

Department

Jewelry

Institution

Getty Museum

Oval magic gem engraved on both faces. On the obverse, Kronos, bearded, stands to the left, dressed in a chiton and himation which is drawn over his head. Above his head is a solar-disc or orb. He holds a small object (a crocodile or gazelle) in his outstretched right hand. A harpe sword rests in his left arm. To the left of his head, an eight-pointed star, and to the right, a crescent moon. On the reverse is an inscription in five lines with the last two letters of the final line engraved on the edge; translated from the Greek, it reads, “Iao, Sabaoth, and Adonai, the three great (ones)."

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