Article and Catalogue on Roman lead Iao Abrasax amulets uploaded

[Gert]

I just uploaded the pdf of my article and catalogue on Roman lead amulets to my academia.edu page: https://www.academia.edu/100446530/Roman_Lead_Iao_Abrasax_Amulets_Magical_Pendants_Rings_and_Beads

If you like to have this for your digital library, you are free to download the file. You can also buy a copy the Koinon issue, of course!

The group of lead amulets to which this article is dedicated will have been encountered by collectors of seals and tesserae. They display a distinct magical iconography and a wide variety of “‘names of power’, most of which are divine and angelic names that find their origin in Judaism and Christianity. The divine names Iao and Sabaoth, both derived from Hebrew (the tetragrammaton and the Hebrew epiteth “of Hosts”) are encountered most often, but a small group of amulets also mentions the name Adonai (“Lord”).

I'll add some examples below!

Regards
Gert

[v-drome]

This is outstanding.  Wonderful illustrations and text.  Thank you so much, Gert! 

[Joe Sermarini]

Thanks Gert. I added the PDF link to the NumisWiki page for the article.