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THREE UNPUBLISHED AMULETS FROM REZAN HAS MUSEUM AND HYPOTHETICAL MAGIC BOOK FROM THE EARLY BYZANTINE PERIOD

Rezan Has Müzesi’nden Yayımlanmamış Üç Muska ve Erken Bizans Dönemi’nden “Hipotetik” Büyü Kitabı

Pages
223–228
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2022-10-11
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However, the study of the elements on these objects and their connection with the written sources will hopefully help and improve the study of similar objects discovered in archaeological contexts.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This study explores three unpublished and undated objects within the context of magic and apo-tropaic protection in the Early Byzantine period.
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Key Findings & Data:These objects are identified as amulets and dated to the sixth and seventh centuries on the basis of a careful reading of their inscriptions and interpreta-tion of their iconography.
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Conclusion & Impact:However, the study of the elements on these objects and their connection with the written sources will hopefully help and improve the study of similar objects discovered in archaeological contexts.
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Abstract

This study explores three unpublished and undated objects within the context of magic and apo-tropaic protection in the Early Byzantine period. These objects are identified as amulets and dated to the sixth and seventh centuries on the basis of a careful reading of their inscriptions and interpreta-tion of their iconography. In this study, it is observed that these amulets make allusions to the same oral traditions and scriptural stories derived from the Old Testament. The same visual and literary images are frequently depicted with different combinations on these amulets or similar examples. This interpretation points to the likely existence of a “shared manual” or a magical handbook, which was used by the creators of these objects but has not survived until today. This type of small objects without an archaeological context is oftentimes overlooked by art historians and archaeologists alike. However, the study of the elements on these objects and their connection with the written sources will hopefully help and improve the study of similar objects discovered in archaeological contexts.

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Bu çalışma, Rezan Has Müzesi’ne ait yayımlanmamış ve tarihlenmemiş üç objeyi Erken Bizans döne-minde büyü ve kötülüğe karşı koruma kavramları içerisinde inceler. Üzerlerindeki motif ve yazıtların dikkatli bir şekilde incelenmesi ve yorumlanması sonucunda bu objelerin muska olarak kullanılmış olabileceğine kanaat getirilmiş ve objeler altıncı ve yedinci yüzyıllara tarihlenmiştir. Bu çalışma mus-kaların benzer sözlü geleneklere ve Eski Ahit’ten dini hikâyelere gönderme yaptıklarını göstermiştir. Aynı zamanda, muskaları benzer objeler ile kıyasladığımızda aynı görsel ve yazılı ögelerin farklı kombinasyonlarla tekrar tekrar resmedildiğini görürüz. Bu olgu günümüze kadar gelemeyen ama müşterek bir kılavuz gibi objelerin yaratıcılarınca kullanılan bir büyü kitabının olası varlığına işaret etmektedir. Burada tartıştığımız muskalara benzer bu tip küçük objeler arkeolojik kontekste sahip olmadıkları için genellikle göz ardı edilmektedir. Ne var ki, bu objelerin taşıdığı ögeleri araştırmak ve bunların yazılı kaynaklarla ilişkisini çalışmak daha sonra arkeolojik kontekstlerden çıkacak olan paralel örneklerin çalışılmasına ve değerlendirilmesine yardımcı olacaktır..

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GEORGOUSAKIS, D. S. (2022). THREE UNPUBLISHED AMULETS FROM REZAN HAS MUSEUM AND HYPOTHETICAL MAGIC BOOK FROM THE EARLY BYZANTINE PERIOD. Arkeoloji ve Sanat, Cilt: 0 - Sayı: 156, 223–228. https://ajindex.com/articles/448567

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