New discovered Roman amulet mixes Christian and pagan imager
Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 1:21 pm
Investigating the roots of western civilization (ye olde BC&H forum of IIDB lives on...)
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Thanks.MrMacSon wrote:Here's the link to the full article - http://archaeology.org/issues/178-1505/ ... ome-amulet
dating: found in layer associated with 5th century pottery, does not confirm that date for creation of the amulet, it could be much older....professor Joachim Sliwa, from Krakow wrote: Magical amulet from Paphos with the ιαεω- palindrome
During the first excavation campaign of the Paphos Agora Project (3rd July – 6th August 2011), an interesting object was discovered. In Trench II, Area 2 (Room 5), in the upper, late Roman layer, an oval amulet was found (siltstone, 39.41 x 41.32 x 4.81mm). The layer is dated to the 6th century AD, partially due to the presence of ceramic objects of the Cypriot Red Slip Ware type (Hayes form 2, AD 450-550). The obverse of the amulet contains a schematic, simplified figure of a sitting Harpocrates and below the mummy of Osiris in a boat, as well as depictions of animals (a crocodile, a rooster and a snake) and symbolic astrals (a half-moon and a star). On the reverse, however, an eight-line text of the so-called ιαεω- palindrome, consisting of 59 letters of the Greek alphabet, was carved. According to the current state of knowledge, it was translated in the following way: “Yahweh is the bearer of the secret name, the lion of Re secure in his shrine”. Both the depiction and the text carved into the surface of the amulet clearly indicate the influence of the Orient and the context of solar ideas; the object may be dated to the 5th-6th century AD.
Why is it some sort of "secret" that Yahweh should be hidden, securely in a shrine?Iahweh is the bearer of the secret name, the lion of Re secure in his shrine
This amulet, in my opinion, has nothing to do with either Judaism, or Christianity...
Please do not read my comment as if saying that I believe the amulet had a Jewish or Christian author or owner.This amulet suggests to me, if no one else, that Yahweh (if that is the proper interpretation of the first letter of the Greek text) had not achieved an acknowledged influence, superior to that of assorted Egyptian deities, in the minds of whoever designed this amulet.
I think this reflects our electronic age - Stephan Huller post a link to a twitter post by Archaeology Magazine (saying "A recently discovered Roman amulet mixes Christian and pagan imagery"). I opened it and then the url to the article and posted that url here. But the twitter link and the article are misleading.dengen wrote: Where is the "christian" influence? I fail to comprehend the title of this thread. Which symbol on the amulet suggests Christianity? Is the Greek palindrome supposed to have Christian significance? I do not understand the comment, above, about tuna and fish. This amulet, in my opinion, has nothing to do with either Judaism, or Christianity, so why has anyone referenced a text to distinguish the two? completely non-sequitur, in my opinion, but what would be very helpful, is a link to an elucidation of the significance of this palindrome.