<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="caes0545" n="iip"> <teiHeader xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> <fileDesc> <!-- ************************************* <titleStmt> ********************************* --> <titleStmt> <title>Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine</title> <respStmt> <resp>Creator</resp> <name xml:id="MS">Michael Satlow</name> </respStmt> </titleStmt> <!-- ************************************* <publicationStmt> ********************************* --> <publicationStmt> <authority>Brown University</authority> <idno/> </publicationStmt> <!-- ************************************* <sourceDesc> ********************************* --> <sourceDesc> <!-- ************************************* <msDesc> ********************************* repeat the id number here. This is an Epidoc convention. --> <msDesc> <msIdentifier> <idno type="IIP">Caes 0545</idno> </msIdentifier> <!-- ************************************* <msContents> ********************************* --> <msContents> <textLang mainLang="grc" otherLangs=""/> <msItem class="magic" ana="unknown_religion"> <p>Caesarea, Date Unknown. Other Object. Magic.</p> </msItem> </msContents> <!-- ************************************* <physDesc> ********************************* --> <physDesc> <objectDesc ana="other_object"> <supportDesc ana="stone"> <support> <p/> <dimensions type="surface" unit="cm"> <height>5</height> <width>3.5</width> <depth/> </dimensions> </support> <condition ana="complete"> <p>Die, concave engraved to stamp the legend on the amulets. Very hard stone, mirror-image letters. The plate is broken, and the die near its center was damaged. The oval is 1.5 cm x 1 cm.</p> </condition> </supportDesc> <layoutDesc> <layout columns="1" writtenLines="3"> <p/> </layout> </layoutDesc> </objectDesc> <!-- ************************************* <handDesc> ********************************* --> <handDesc> <handNote ana="impressed"> <p>The second omega is damaged but readable</p> </handNote> </handDesc> <!-- ************************************* <decoDesc> ********************************* --> <decoDesc> <decoNote> <ab/> <locus/> </decoNote> </decoDesc> </physDesc> <history> <summary> <rs/> </summary> <origin><date notBefore="-0030" notAfter="0638" period="http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p0m63njtk9m http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p0m63njjcn4">Date Unknown</date><placeName> <region>Coastal Plain</region> <settlement ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678401">Caesarea</settlement> <geogName type="site"/> <geogFeat type="locus"/> </placeName> <p/> </origin> <provenance> <placeName/> </provenance> </history> </msDesc> </sourceDesc> </fileDesc> <!-- ************************************* <encodingDesc> ******************************** Encoders do not edit the <encodingDesc>. --> <encodingDesc> <xi:include href="http://cds.library.brown.edu/projects/iip/include_taxonomies.xml"> <xi:fallback> <p>Taxonomies for IIP controlled values</p> </xi:fallback> </xi:include> </encodingDesc> <!-- Ignore profileDesc for now --> <profileDesc> </profileDesc> <!-- ************************************* <revisionDesc> ********************************* --> <revisionDesc> <change when="2019-03-06" who="Johanna Garfinkel">Initial Entry</change> <change when="2019-05-16" who="Gaia Lembi">Edited</change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <!-- ************************************* <facsimile> ********************************* --> <facsimile xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> <surface> <desc/> <graphic url=""/> </surface> </facsimile> <text> <body> <div type="edition" subtype="diplomatic" ana="b1"> <p>ΑΙΝΧ<lb/>Β<lb/>ΩΧΩ</p> </div> <div type="edition" subtype="transcription" ana="b1"> <p/> </div> <div type="translation" ana="b1"> <p/> </div> <div type="commentary" ana="b1"> <p>The magic word Βαινχωωωχ (this is the common form) is often found on gems. It means "soul of darkness" and serves as a name for the sun.</p> </div> <div type="edition" subtype="transcription_segmented" change="c2021-06-16"><p/> </div> </body> <back> <div type="bibliography"> <listBibl> <bibl xml:id="b1"><ptr target="IIP-802.xml"/> <biblScope unit="insc">XII</biblScope> </bibl> </listBibl> </div> </back> </text> </TEI>