This two-sided amulet, from the 6th century AD, was discovered by - TopicsExpress

This two-sided amulet, from the 6th century AD, was discovered by Polish archaeologists in the Cypriot city of Nea Paphos. The imagery is Egyptian, and the text is Greek, but what is particularly interesting is the 59 character inscription, which is a perfect palindrome, reading the same backwards and forwards. The text (in English NOT a palindrome), Iahweh is the bearer of the secret name, the lion of Re secure in his shrine. This palindrome is also known from various magical papyri and the so-called gnostic gems. The object is a particularly curious item of religious synchretism and hybridity, as well an indication that various cults and practices continued long after they were supposed to - Christianity was the official (and only accepted) religion of the Byzantine Empire at this time and as discussed in the publication of the amulet in Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization, the Egyptian imagery is not quite right, indicating the artists unfamiliarity with the source material. What caught my eye right away, but isnt mentioned in the LiveScience article, is that the first 4 letters of the inscription is a Greek form of the Tetragrammaton, or the name of the Israelite god. Interestingly, neither Yahweh, the Tetragrammaton, nor any other form of the name of the Israelite god appears anywhere in the Greek New Testament and the oldest versions of the Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint) have replaced the Tetragrammaton in all placed with Kurios or Theos (Lord or God), and other early Greek biblical texts preserve the Hebrew letters. Greek transliterations of the Tetragrammaton, such as this, are known only from Patristic writings and from Jewish magical papyri in Egypt, and from other magical amulets such as this one that are found throughout the Hellenistic-Roman Mediterranean. Read more @ LiveScience: ow.ly/GIoGT Or in the issue 17, 2013, of Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization (behind paywall) Photo Credit: Marcin Iwan, artifact from the excavations of Jagiellonian University in Krakow at Paphos Agora

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