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Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis

Vol. 46 (2010)
Articles

To a beautiful soul. Inscriptions on lead mirrors (Collection of Roman Antiquities, Hungarian National Museum)

Published:
August 1, 2020
Authors
György Németh ,
Ádám Szabó
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Keywords
Lead mirror funeral cult prophylactic eye apotropaic function
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Németh , G. ., & Szabó, Ádám . (2020). To a beautiful soul. Inscriptions on lead mirrors (Collection of Roman Antiquities, Hungarian National Museum). Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis, 46, 101–113. https://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/classica/article/view/8047
Abstract

There is a collection of several hundred small Roman lead mirrors (former private collection) in the Hungarian National Museum. Greek or Latin inscriptions can be read on 17 mirrors. The present study publishes these items along with the drawings of the inscriptions. Such mirrors were found mainly in graves of women, functioning as escorts to the souls of the dead and as apotropaic amulets.