 IAA Number: 2015-523
 | Object's Name: Fragment Amulet Inscribed, Greek, Human Image
Period: Early Byzantine
Material: Steatite
Site: Bet She'an, T.
Description: Probably a magical amulet depicting a reaper cutting several stalks
of grain with a sickle. The reverse side of the amulet bears part of
a Greek inscription. This type of an amulet was intended as a remedy
for pain on the hips.
Bibliography: Khamis E. 2006. "A Byzantine magical amulat" in: A. Mazar, Excavations at Tel Beth- Shean 1989- 1996, Voi. I. 675- 676, Fig. 23.2, photo 23. 9.
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