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Amulets often took the form of Bes, a minor Egyptian deity, who was understood to guard mothers in childbirth and their babies. Bes is often shown with a feathered headdress and a grotesque face, a…
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Lachish, Land of Israel
(Tel Lakhish, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA, 10th–9th Century BCE
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Ornate silver amulet. The Hebrew word Shaddai—another name for God—is etched in the center. Italy, ca. 1750.
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Artist Unknown
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ca. 1750
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Moses Mendez Coutinho
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1701
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Printed amulet for infant boy. This amulet has a companion, for a female child; however, the pair were separated. The text in the center of the amulet is surrounded by a Baroque design with decorative…
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Artist Unknown
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ca. 1750
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Eighteenth-century German amulet printed with unique designs. The use of the names of the three angels, Sanoi, Sansanoi, and Smangalaf, indicates the use of this amulet as a birth protection for…
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Artist Unknown
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ca. 1750
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Abraham Bar Jacob
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
ca. 1700
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Artist Unknown
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Westheim, Holy Roman Empire
(Westheim, Germany)
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ca. 1750
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Silver amulet typical of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Italian Jewish homes. This example is unusual in that it contains an unidentified family coat of arms whose main feature is a rampant lion…
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Artist Unknown
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
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ca. 1750
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Printed birth amulet. The decorative borders are composed of printers’ devices and decorations that were used by printers in Fürth (Bavaria), so it is assumed that this amulet was printed in that city…
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Artist Unknown
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Fürth, Holy Roman Empire
(Fürth, Germany)
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ca. 1750