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Printed birth amulet. The decorative borders are composed of printers’ devices and decorations that were used by printers in Fürth (Bavaria), so it is assumed that this amulet was printed in that city…
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Artist Unknown
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Fürth, Holy Roman Empire (Fürth, Germany)
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ca. 1750
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Abraham Bar Jacob
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1700
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Artist Unknown
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Westheim, Holy Roman Empire (Westheim, Germany)
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ca. 1750
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Artist Unknown
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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ca. 1750
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ca. 1600
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Other works by Loanz: Rinat dodim (1600); Mikhol yofi (1695); Aderet Eliyahu: perush ha-Zohar (1998).
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Elijah Loanz
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Wilhermsdorf, Holy Roman Empire (Wilhermsdorf, Germany)
Date:
1734
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Artist Unknown
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ca. 1750
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ca. 1750
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Amulets often took the form of Bes, a minor Egyptian deity, who was understood to guard mothers in childbirth and their babies. Bes is often shown with a feathered headdress and a grotesque face, a…
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Lachish, Land of Israel (Tel Lakhish, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA, 10th–9th Century BCE