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Roman Glass Juglet Amulet
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Pre AD 1000 item# 677268 (stock# ro07001c)
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Janus Antiquities
(330) 612-3957
$95
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Juglet pendants are an interesting class of beads produced in the Roman Near East from the late 200s-400 AD. The function of these amulets is open for debate, but there is some conjecture in the literature that these glass vessels were actually early Christian amulets taken as relics or souvenirs from holy areas. In "Roman, Byzantine, and Early Medieval Glass; 10 BCE-700 CE; the Ernesto Wolf Collection," Stern argues for this interpretation based on the distribution of these objects fr ...click for details
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Roman Stamped Glass Amulet with Lion
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Pre AD 1000 item# 677266 (stock# ro07001b)
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Janus Antiquities
(330) 612-3957
$75
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Stamped glass amulets enjoyed a period of wild popularity in the Levant during the last few centuries of the Roman period. These amulets were typically produced in translucent brown, yellow, or green glass, and they were created by simply stamping a large drop of molten glass. Research indicates that Antioch was the center of production for these objects. Stamped glass amulets evidently sharply dropped in popularity around 600 AD, when they abruptly disappear from burials.
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