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Ceremonial Scissors from Turkey

Ceremonial Scissors from Turkey


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This pair of ornamental scissors, from the Greco-Roman Black Sea port of Trebizond (modern Trabzon, Turkey), probably dates from about the second century A.D. Though clearly Egyptian-influenced, the inlaid design is not strictly Egyptian in style. Archaeologists think these bronze scissors, inlaid with silver and copper, were used ceremonially in a sanctuary dedicated to Isis, a goddess popular throughout the Roman Empire.
‎Acts 18:18, 1 Cor 11:6
‎Image by Yannick Trottier, from Wikimedia Commons. License: CC BY-SA 3.0


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