Greece, Etruria & Rome · c. 800 BCE – 500 CE

Amulet capsules & gold lamellae

What it is

Thin gold or silver sheets (lamellae) scratched with Greek or Aramaic spells for fever, epilepsy or childbirth were rolled up and carried in tubular capsule pendants. They are the ancestor of Islamic, Jewish and Ethiopian scroll-amulets.

Making yours

Capsules are 3–6 cm cylinders with end caps and suspension loops. Lamellae are 3–10 cm sheets of 0.1 mm gold foil, inscribed with a stylus and tightly rolled.

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ROMAN AMULETUnited Kingdom · 43

Gold Roman amulet case

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