The Halbturn Amulet: Roman-Era Jewish Prayer for a Child in Austria

Brief discussion of a fascinating Jewish amulet found in 2006 in Halbturn, Austria, near the border with Hungary.

A few sources:

Moshe Bar-Asher, Studies in Classical Hebrew (de Gruyter, 2014)

Harald Samuel, "IΣTPAHΛ - Anmerkungen zu einem altbekannten Phänomen und einem neuentdeckten Amulett aus Halbturn," Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins (1953-) , 2011, Bd. 127, H. 2 (2011), pp. 185-196

N. Doneus, "The Roman Child and the Jewish Amulet," Journal of Ancient Judaism I (2010), 146-153

E. Eshel, H. Eshel and A. Lange, "Hear, O Israel" in Gold. An Ancient Amulet from Halbturn in Austria," ibid. 43-64.
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