ANCIENT NEAR EAST. Gold Aramaic Talismanic Scroll and Scrollcase. Late 3rd-6th centuries AD.Triton XXIV Antiquities Sold For $ 8 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST. Gold Aramaic Talismanic Scroll and Scrollcase. Late 3rd-6th centuries AD. (Embossed sheet gold: 15.6 x 3.6cm). A scroll case with loop for suspension to hold a gold sheet (now flattened), embossed with a talismanic text in Literary Syriac, a later adaptation of Aramaic in Western provinces of the Ancient Near East. Similiar texts have been found across the region with Christian, Zoroastrian, and Islamic prayers and protections. Cf. “Gold Curse Tablets Unearthed in Serbia,” Archaeology (magazine) website article, 9 August 2016, for a similar gold document in Aramaic found at a Roman site in Serbia (https://www.archaeology.org/news/4714-160809-viminacium-curse-tablet). This piece has been professionally restored and mounted. |