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....
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.
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...
EditorialBes and Beset, clay, hand modeled, pressed into the form, fired (ceramic), clay, Total: Height: 8.9 cm; Width: 4.1 cm; Depth: 3.4 cm, ceramic, gods (classical. Mythology), Hellenism, Closely embraced are the two Egyptian demons Bes and Beset in their a...
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....
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....
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...
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....