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Description: | Oval charm, suspension hole at top, minor abrasions at side; incised on one side with four rough cartouches containing derivative hieroglyphs; and on other side with image of standing cobra-headed man in tight robe, circled by inscription in Greek letters, from the Lerthemeino invocation attested on other gnostic gems (Lerthemeino as derived from Hebrew 'dew of God' according to Simone Michel, Die magischen Gemmen im Britischen Museum I, 2001, 375), here in the form "athermnemino pisidaouthi brimps ausil". | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ | Rights holder: | University College London | Subjects: | Egyptology | Temporal: | name=Roman Period; start=-30; end=395 | Source: | UCL Museums | Identifier: | http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/objects/LDU... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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