EditorialLimestone statuette of a temple girl, Hellenistic or Early Imperial, 3rd century B.C.?1st century A.D., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 10 7/8 x 10 1/4 x 5 in. (27.6 x 26 x 12.7 cm), Stone Sculpture, Temple girls are a rare variation on the temple boy scu...
EditorialApotropaic wand, acting to ward off the dangers of childbirth and early infancy, various evil spirits, and invoking the protection of deities to protect the vulnerable. Made of hippopotamus ivory; protective images include Bes, a pregnant hippopotamus ...
EditorialLimestone figure of a " temple boy" from the sanctuary of Apollo at Idalion (Dhali), Cyprus; Hellenistic, 300 BCE. Statuettes of crouching children were reglarly dedicated in Cypriot sanctuaries from about 450 BCE into the Hellenistic period....
EditorialBronze phallic ornament, Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, L. 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm.), Bronzes, This ornament probably hung as a charm from a tintinnabulum, a wind chime adorned with bells and intended to ward off evil. These phallic tintinnabul...
EditorialLimestone figure of a " temple boy" from the sanctuary of Apollo at Idalion (Dhali), Cyprus; Hellenistic, 300 BCE. Statuettes of crouching children were reglarly dedicated in Cypriot sanctuaries from about 450 BCE into the Hellenistic period....
EditorialGaming Piece, possibly 8th?12th century, Attributed to Eastern Islamic lands, Glass, Gaming pieces, The dot-in-circle motif recalls designs presumed to be of magical significance, most likely an abstract eye to ward off the evil-eye, which serves an ap...
EditorialGaming Piece, possibly 8th?12th century, Attributed to Eastern Islamic lands, Glass, Gaming pieces, The dot-in-circle motif recalls designs presumed to be of magical significance, most likely an abstract eye to ward off the evil-eye, which serves an ap...
EditorialEarring, probably 11th?13th century, Attributed to Iraq, Gold, filigree, decorated with granulation, and originally set with stones, Jewelry, These earrings ( and .2) were discovered in al-Hillah, Iraq, and are of a known type produced in the 11th?13th...
EditorialGaming Piece, possibly 8th?12th century, Attributed to Eastern islamic lands, Glass, Gaming pieces, The dot-in-circle motif recalls designs presumed to be of magical significance, most likely an abstract eye to ward off the evil-eye, which serves an ap...
EditorialButton or Bead or Spindle Whorl, 9th?10th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Bone; tinted, incised and inlaid with paint, H. 3/8 in. (0.9 cm) , Ivories and Bone, The dot-in-circle motif recalls designs presumed to be of magical significance, most li...
EditorialButton or Bead, 9th?10th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Bone; incised and inlaid with paint, H. 1/4 in. (0.7 cm) , Ivories and Bone, The dot-in-circle motif recalls designs presumed to be of magical significance, most likely an abstract eye to w...
EditorialBronze phallic ornament, Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, L. 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm.), Bronzes, This ornament probably hung as a charm from a tintinnabulum, a wind chime adorned with bells and intended to ward off evil. These phallic tintinnabul...
EditorialLimestone statuette of a temple girl, Hellenistic or Early Imperial, 3rd century B.C.?1st century A.D., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 10 7/8 x 10 1/4 x 5 in. (27.6 x 26 x 12.7 cm), Stone Sculpture, Temple girls are a rare variation on the temple boy scu...
EditorialKetubah, Jewish marriage contract, from Tiberias, Israel, 1888. Apotropaic eyes in the upper corners protect bride and groom from evil and bad luck. Paint and ink on paper, 45,2 x 36,7 cm.
EditorialLimestone figure of a " temple boy" from the sanctuary of Apollo at Idalion (Dhali), Cyprus; Hellenistic, 300 BCE. Statuettes of crouching children were reglarly dedicated in Cypriot sanctuaries from about 450 BCE into the Hellenistic period....
EditorialApotropaic wand, acting to ward off the dangers of childbirth and early infancy, various evil spirits, and invoking the protection of deities to protect the vulnerable. Made of hippopotamus ivory; protective images include Bes, a pregnant hippopotamus ...