Amuletic Inscription
This thin sheet of gold (lamella) is inscribed with Greek letters and magical symbols. The text, written by a professional scribe for a man named Proclus, contains a spell to ensure his victory in a trial before the military governor of the Roman province of Arabia. It ends wi...
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Artifact
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id
20316
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Robert Garrett, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Garrett family, Baltimore, 1961, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1964, by gift.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
17
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_57.1960_Back_BW_H69.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_57.1960_Back_BW_H69.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_57.1960_Back_BW_H69.jpg |
| imageCount | 17 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.1960 |