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[QUOTE]Originally posted by mena7: [QB] [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/1f/1e/00/1f1e0088d5c2358ca3f2661ecd79b795.jpg[/IMG] Hand of Sabazius Bronze House of Magic Rites, Pompeii Nestled in this hand is Sabazius, god of fertility, surrounded by symbols of regeneration — pinecone, snake, bird, nursing mother. The fingers form a gesture of blessing. Worship of Sabazius probably came to Pompeii with gladiators from Thrace, a region north-east of Greece. [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/8d/71/16/8d711650467cf47b3be4d78564ed30c0.jpg[/IMG] Late Roman Empire. "The Emblematic Hand of the Mysteries. A hand covered with numerous symbols was extended to the neophytes when they entered into the Temple of Wisdom. An understanding of the embossed upon the surface of the hand brought with it Divine power and regeneration Therefore, by means of these symbolic hands the candidate was said to be raised from the dead." [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/b4/cb/fe/b4cbfe2e2db8f5761fa3960d45014a46.jpg[/IMG] Greek, 4th century BC. Votive relief to the Chthonic Hermes. Relief. Found: Samos. [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/48/cb/a2/48cba2c093fb2627722f615b08562124.jpg[/IMG] Greek, 4th century BC. Votive relief to the Chthonic Hermes. Relief. Found: Samos. [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/76/14/48/761448506d79da4de7032303f266654f.jpg[/IMG] Young Heracles strangling snakes. Face of a silver tridrachm (Reverse side: bee) (394-391 BCE) Diameter 2.35 cm - Weight 11.4 g British Museum, London, Great Britain [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/ba/aa/08/baaa08c323db35f71d30f8c2713d621e.jpg[/IMG] Bronze votive relief for Jupiter Sabazios showing the god with sceptre and patera in a naiskos, 2nd-3rd century A.D. [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/7f/9b/88/7f9b88c84bd6c3d125f02fd336e6eda0.jpg[/IMG] Each of these artefacts from the forthcoming British Museum exhibition in London, 'Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum', tells a… [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/fd/24/1c/fd241c706d11f3eb06336b8745865cbc.jpg[/IMG] The Capitoline Triad - Juno, Jupiter, Minerva, found in the lararium of Casa degli Amorini Dorati, Pompeii. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli [/QB][/QUOTE]
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