With a few essential lines, the human figure
emerges from the depth of the stone. Holes
suggest where this talisman was hung from a
cord. In such tokens as this, we find the ghostly
echo of human hopes and dreams. What benefits
and protections did the person who first wore
this amulet seek, and from which gods? Were
those prayers answered? Though we can never
know these things for certain, in the presence of
this hopeful talisman, we feel a direct connection
with the person it adorned centuries ago.
- (PF.0711)
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