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| | The Materiality of Textual Amulets in Ancient Egypt This article traces the long history of textual amulets in ancient Egypt. Their origin and subsequent developments are reconstructed through a study of the materials used for their production and a close reading of the instructions contained in formularies for fashioning such amulets. A typology for textual amulets made of papyrus, which is based on physical and formal characteristics of the preserved artifacts, is presented. | | | Shai, I., Ilan, D., Maeir, A.M. and Uziel, J. The Iron Age Remains at Tel Nagila The paper presents the preliminary results of the analysis of the Iron Age finds from Tel Nagila. The excavations, which took place in the early 1960s under the direction of R. Amiran and A. Eitan, revealed three Iron Age strata. Through the lens of these finds, we reflect on Tel Nagila as an Iron Age settlement on the border between Judah and Philistia, on the ethnic and political affiliations of its population, and how these affiliations may have changed over time | | | 'Dagon Our God': Iron I Philistine Cult in Text and Archaeology Despite the late date and dubious veracity of the Deuteronomistic history, and despite the Bible's status as the only Bronze or Iron Age text which indisputably refers to Dagon in a southern Canaanite geographical context, scholars have traditionally accepted 1 Samuel 5:1–8's portrayal of Philistine cult in the Iron Age I as being centered on this deity and his temple at Ashdod. This study marshals archaeological and historical evidence to assess the level of support for the presence of Dagon in Iron I Philistia, and for a temple at Ashdod as described in the biblical account. Also... | | | Osiris on coins Synthesis on the presence of the egyptian god Osiris on greek and roman coins, from L. Bricault (dir.), Sylloge Nummorum Religionis Isiacae et Sarapiacae (SNRIS), Mémoires de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, tome XXXVIII, Paris 2008, p. 34-36. | | |
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