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Roman Lead Medicine Ampules

4 hollow lead "magical medicine" ampules from the Balkans, 2 inscribed in Greek. Left amphora reads ΜΑΡΚE-ΛIΟΝ / YΓΕΙ-ΝΟΝ or loosely "Markelinian medicine", perhaps named after the famous 2nd century physician Markellos of Side in Roman Asia Minor. All likely 3rd-7th c AD

Roman Lead Medicine Ampules
Plumbata, Aug 24, 2018
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    European and Classical Antiquities
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