Thoughts on the apotropaic use of the inscribed Minoan jewellery
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https://doi.org/10.25145/j.fortunat.2023.37.03Keywords:
magic, inscribed Minoan jewellery, apotropaic jewelleryAbstract
The article focuses on a small group of Minoan inscribed jewellery, examining the hypothesis that the written message they carry, and which is still unknown to us, reinforces their possible apotropaic function.
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