J. Paul Getty Museum
Applique in the shape of a wolf's head, 100 B.C.–A.D. 50, Gold and inlaid stones
4.9 × 11.4 × 2.5 cm (1 15/16 × 4 1/2 × 1 in.), 82.AM.99.1
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
Title: Applique in the shape of a wolf's head
Artist/Maker: Unknown
Culture: Bactrian
Place: Central Asia (Place Created)
Date: 100 B.C.–A.D. 50
Medium: Gold and inlaid stones
Object Number: 82.AM.99.1
Dimensions: 4.9 × 11.4 × 2.5 cm (1 15/16 × 4 1/2 × 1 in.)
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Lamella Orphica, mid-fourth century B.C., Gold
2.2 × 3.7 × 0.1 cm (7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1/16 in.), 75.AM.19
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California, Gift of Lenore Barozzi
Title: Lamella Orphica
Artist/Maker: Unknown
Culture: Greek
Place: Greece (Place Created)
Date: mid-fourth century B.C.
Medium: Gold
Object Number: 75.AM.19
Dimensions: 2.2 × 3.7 × 0.1 cm (7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Lenore Barozzi
Inscription(s):
ΔΙΨΑΙΑΥΟΣΕΓΩΚΑΠΟΛΛΥΜΑΙ ΑΛΛΑΠΙΕΜΟΥΚΡΑΝΑΣΑΙΕΙΡΟΩ ΕΠΙΔΕΞΙΑΛΕΥΚΗΚΥΠΑΡΙΣΣΟΣ ΤΙΣΔΕΣΙΠΩΔΕΣΙΓΑΣΥΙΟΣΕΙΜΙ ΚΑΙΟΥΡΑΝΟΥΑΣΤΕΡΟΕΝΤΟΣ ΑΥΤΑΡΕΜΟΙΓΕΝΟΣΟΥΡΑΝΙΟΝ
Alternate Titles: Tablet Inscribed with Instructions for the Underworld (Display Title)
Tablet with Instructions for the Deceased in the Underworld (Display Title)
Department: Antiquities
Classification: Texts
Object Type: Lamella
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Tablet (Lamella) with an Incantation against Epilepsy, 3rd century A.D., Gold
4.2 × 2 cm (1 5/8 × 13/16 in.), 80.AM.53
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
Title: Tablet (Lamella) with an Incantation against Epilepsy
Artist/Maker: Unknown
Culture: Roman
Date: 3rd century A.D.
Medium: Gold
Object Number: 80.AM.53
Dimensions: 4.2 × 2 cm (1 5/8 × 13/16 in.)
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Tablet (Lamella) with a Prayer for Healing
Artist/Maker: Unknown
Culture: Roman
Date: 3rd century A.D.
Medium: Gold
Object Number: 80.AM.55.1
Dimensions: 2.3 × 3.2 cm (7/8 × 1 1/4 in.)
Inscription(s):
Translation of Aramaic inscription after Kotansky 1991: I am writing (this) so that Arsinoë will be healed In the name of Yešrumiel and Yešumel and Nahariel, who is (appointed) over the rivers of God, and Tahomiel whom God set up (?). And rescue and save Arsinoe from every destroyer-demon, "bb hh "" 'w' yhwh w tt " wwwww hh "'. He is strange, difficult, and frightening. Heal Arisnoë. 'For Thy loving-kindness...' (cf. Ps. 115:1; 138:2).
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Appliqué with a Kore, 525–500 B.C., Gold and glass
4.1 × 1 × 0.5 cm (1 5/8 × 3/8 × 3/16 in.), 83.AM.4
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
Title: Appliqué with a Kore
Artist/Maker:
Unknown
Culture: Etruscan (Caeretan)
Place: Cerveteri, Etruria (Place Created)
Date: 525–500 B.C.
Medium: Gold and glass
Object Number: 83.AM.4
Dimensions: 4.1 × 1 × 0.5 cm (1 5/8 × 3/8 × 3/16 in.)
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Title: Pendant for a Chain
Artist/Maker: Unknown
Culture: Near Eastern (Parthian)
Place: Iran (?) (Place Created)
Date: 2nd–1st century B.C.
Medium: Agate, dark stone, rock crystal and gold
Object Number: 81.AN.92.5
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