Engraved Stone Ball (Magic Sphere?) with #Helios and magical symbols. Discovered in 1866 at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens, near the remains of the Theatre of Dionysos.
🎨 Marble sphere, dated 2nd-3rd centuries CE. Today in the #Athens Acropolis Museum.
@AimeeMaroux@antiquidons@mythology votive element (stone appears having being shaped naturall, river found maybe, and surely resembles the sun shapel) most likely, magical spheres of that type would be sth new from this region & period (especially as a solid).
For scrying, bowls of (herbal infused) water or smoke was the more common thing.
Really lovely piece, thank you for sharing!
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