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Title: Guide leaflet
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History Natural history
Publisher: New York : The Museum
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: IMLS / LSTA / METRO

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name given to every man upon coming of age placed him under the pro-tection of a god, who forthwith made his abode in the body of this particular man subject to his good behavior. But should he be so unfortunate as to sin against his fellow men or against the gods, the divine presencel eft him and he immedi-ately became the prey of some one of the seven devils. Asiatic cylindrical seals of this type were not set in rings as are those of our day, but were hung around the neck, or fastened on the arm. A typical example of a Babylonian cylinder from among the small but representative series in the Morgan Gem Collec-tion, is carved from lim-jpid rock crystal and is approximately 3000 years old. This is engrave dwith an image of the storm god Rammon, who was identical with the Rimmon of the Old Tes-tament (2 lungs, V. 18). He is here represented in a short robe holding a scepter in one hand, and accompanied by his wife, Sahla, whose figure in a long, flounced dress is shown on both sides of him. THE AXriQlll USE OF (.EMS
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RICH AND COLORFUL The necklace of a Vizier of Morocco of the period of about 1750. The aquamarine gems of the large medallions have been pierced and were at one time a string of beads like that shown on page 8 In Egypt the most popular amulet wast he well known scarabseus or scarab, the somewhat conventionalized image of alarge black beetle regarded as a symbol of resurrection and immortality, since it was believed that no female of this insect existed. These carved beetles were en-graved, as were the Asiatic seals, the inscription being cut on the oval under-side of the conventionalized figure in idiographic characters. Scarabs were even more typically amulets than were the cylinder seals of Babylon and Assyria, for although they commonly bore the name of the wearer, they were in many instances inscribed with magical charms taken from the Book of the Dead. Beautifully worked funeral or heart scarabs were often made from green jasper, amethyst, lapis lazuli, amazon stone, carnelian and serpentine, wh

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