Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (Aug 2012)

A New Osiriform Lamp from Antioch in the Hatay Archaeological Museum

  • Ergün Laflı,
  • Maurizio Buora,
  • Attilio Mastrocinque

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 52, no. 3
pp. 421 – 439

Abstract

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The lamp, in the shape of a mummified Osiris, has only a few parallels; it contains inscriptions with magical formulas that can be paralleled in other magical texts.