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- Title
Ankara’dan Isis-Tykhe Betimli Sihirli Bir Grup Yüzük Taşı.
- Authors
Arslan, Melih; Yeğin, Yavuz
- Abstract
This study evaluates 13 intaglio engraved ring stones from Ankara through their iconographic features. These artifacts come from the collections of the Ankara Museum of Anatolian Civilizations and the Erimtan Archaeology and Art Museum. The artifacts contain depictions of Isis and Isis-Tyche. Isis is known one of the chief goddesses in the ancient Egyptian belief system. When examining the iconography, more examples are encountered of the goddess depicted with her son Harpocrates and her husband Osiris However, due to the close cultural relations that were established over time, Isis was observed to have been combined with different goddesses from the Greek and Roman worlds. One of these goddesses is Tyche, the goddess of luck and fate. Isis and Tyche are depicted as integrated on the ring stones and amulets discussed here. In other words, the depictions are of Isis-Tyche. This study examines the ways in which the goddess Isis had developed an eclectic form with the new features she gained from the pantheon of the Greco-Roman world and how she was depicted as being integrated with other goddesses. Ring stones with depiction of Isis-Tyche were used as personal seals in the Roman Imperial Period, as well as being and were also believed to bring the wearer good health and protection from bad luck.
- Subjects
ANKARA (Turkey); ROME; RELIGIOUS idols; SYMBOLISM in art; TYCHE (Greek deity)
- Publication
Anatolian Research / Anadolu Araştırmaları, 2022, Issue 26, p81
- ISSN
0569-9746
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.26650/anar.2022.1061883