Abstract
A magical amulet, discovered in a burial cave within the Roman-period cemetery on Sallah ed-Din Street, is made from cobalt glass and is of fair workmanship. The amulet is engraved on the obverse with the image of Artemis/Diana in a frontal hunting posture, and on the reverse, with Greek letters. This finding supports the assumption that the cave may have served the family of a Roman veteran of the Tenth Legion, who resided in Aelia Capitolina sometime during the second–third centuries CE.
Keywords
glyptics, Aelia Capitolina, Bar Kokhba Revolt, Roman colonia, iconography, ethnicity, pagans
Recommended Citation
Mazor, Gabriel
(2015)
"A Magical Amulet from the Cemetery on Sallah ed-Din Street, Jerusalem (pp. 127–132),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 80, Article 13.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.1551
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol80/iss1/13
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