Bonner, SMA – PDF, 327.

The following indexes cover pages 1-253; except in one or two places, and for special reasons, no account is taken of the numbered descriptions beginning on p. 253. Names of authorities, ancient and modern, are not included.

Asterisks are prefixed to a few Greek words that are not to be found in the lexicons of Liddell-Scott-Jones and Sophocles.

By way of excuse for the long list of amulets belonging to the British Museum, I would explain that, with a few exceptions, they are unpublished, and I hoped that the treatment of them in this work, even when there is no more than a mention of the object in connection with others of like character, might be of some slight service when the much-needed catalogue of that remarkable collection comes to be prepared.

Amulets mentioned as belonging to other museums or private collections have been pub-lished in this book or elsewhere, and are not indexed. The footnotes of pp. 1-248 will guide the reader to the published accounts of these objects.

Abraham about to sacrifice Isaac, 226

Acclamations, 10, 174-179; "One God," 212; "One God who conquers all evils," accompanying design of Rider Saint on bronze pendants, see D. 298-306, 309-316, 318; "One God Jesus," 223

Achori, 175

Aeolus, 65-66

Agathodaimon snakes, 125

Agathos Daimon (Agathodaimon), 25, 56, 204-205

Akephalos, see Headless god

Aktiophis as moon-goddess, 86; name applied to various Greek goddesses, 86

Alabasdria, 210

Altar, Egyptian type, 113

Amon, aniconic form, 37-38; 40; ram-headed, 143; 156, 159

Amulet, definition of, 2

Anagrams, to disguise names, 12

Angels, names used on amulets, 31, 149, 171; on bronze pendants from Syria, 212, 214

Anger, charms to restrain, 103-104; gem amulet for same purpose, 104-105

Animals on amulets, 26, 69; attacking evil eye, 97-98

Animating an image, 15

Ankh, Egyptian sign of life, 8, 17, 249

Antisocial or "black" magic, 10-11, 21; cf. 103- 122, esp. 108-114

Anubis, 24, 26, 31, 40, 41, 48; as mummy, 79, 81, 87, 89; 95, 115, 240, 241, 242, 243

Apes, 197; see also Baboon

Aphrodite, 11, 18, 40, 41, 42, 43, 115, 119, 120, 144, 179, 199, 242

Apollo, 6, 41; identified with Harpocrates, 142, 203; with sun, ibid.; in an apotropaic inscription, 215

Apotropaic objects mentioned in an inscription, 215

Archangels, their names on amulets, 170, 214

Archons, seven, in Ophite system, 136

Ares, 42, 43, 88-89, 120, 144, 179; holding Aphrodite bound, 204; leading Aphrodite(?), 236

Ariadne, 43

Ark of the covenant, 29

Arktos, 170

Artemis, 40

Asklepios, 42

Ass-headed anguipede, 130-131; ass-headed (?) god, other parts human, 238-239

Athena, 40, 41

Axe-shaped amulet, 168, 238

Babbling phrases, magical use of, 11, 69, 191

Baboon, with Harpocrates, 143-144; adores the sun, 155; also symbol of Thoth as god of moon, 155; riding on lion, taking place of Harpocrates, 155; with head of hawk, 155

Bags or cases for amulets, leather, 5, 9

Balance ( ?), 114

Basilides, 2, 133

Beads as amulets, 9-10, 239, 241-242

Beetle-bodied demon, 159-160

Beisan (Beth Shan), bronze pendants from, 211, 215

Bes, so-called pantheistic, 8, 25; protector of children, 24; 79, 85, 90; associated with Isis and infant Horus, 107, 145; on magical stelae of Horus, 157, 158 (so-called pantheistic)

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