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Ornamental · documented field
Herakles Knot Ornament
An interlaced Hellenistic jewellery motif associated in antiquity with the power to cure wounds and protect the wearer.
Ornamental · documented field
Isiac Sistrum
A Roman bronze sistrum used in Isiac worship, whose jingling ritual sound was understood to ward off evil.
Ornamental · documented field
Lar Familiaris Figure
A youthful Roman household guardian whose presence in the lararium invoked protection, health, and prosperity for the family.
Ornamental · documented field
Priapus Garden Guardian
An explicitly phallic figure of Priapus, placed in the Greco-Roman imagination as a guardian of gardens, vines, bees, and flocks.
Ornamental · documented field
Roman Bulla Pendant
A rounded Roman pendant worn especially by children as a personal safeguard against the evil eye.
