Amulets in Context: A View from Late Bronze Age Tel Azekahs

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This paper presents evidence for the function of Egyptian amulets in daily life at Late Bronze Age Tel Azekah. The finding of the remains of two individuals in a destroyed Late Bronze Age building along with clusters of Egyptian scarabs and figurative amulets indicates that these artifacts were their personal belongings. It is argued that these Egyptian-originated charm practices were adopted and adapted by the locals, who incorporated them into their own religion.

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Koch, I., Kleiman, S., Oeming, M., Gadot, Y. & Lipschits, O., (2017) “Amulets in Context: A View from Late Bronze Age Tel Azekahs”, Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 16(1), 9-24.

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Ido Koch (Tel Aviv University)
Sabine Kleiman (Tel Aviv University)
Manfred Oeming (Heidelberg University)
Yuval Gadot (Tel Aviv University)
Oded Lipschits (Tel Aviv University)

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