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Obizuth is depicted and named on several early Byzantine bronze [[amulet]]s. With her hands tied behind her back, she kneels as she is whipped by a standing figure, identified as Solomon or Arlaph, called Afarof in the ''Testament of Solomon'' and identified with the Archangel Raphael. On one amulet, the figure is labeled as Arlaph, but an inscription reads "The [[Seal of Solomon]] [is] with the bearer; I am Noskam." The reverse inscription is written within an ouroboros, the symbol of a snake biting its tail to form a circle: "Flee, flee, Abyzou, [from] Sisinios and Sisinnia; the voracious dog dwells here." (Saint Sisinnios sometimes takes the Solomon role on Christian | Obizuth is depicted and named on several early Byzantine bronze [[amulet]]s. With her hands tied behind her back, she kneels as she is whipped by a standing figure, identified as Solomon or Arlaph, called Afarof in the ''Testament of Solomon'' and identified with the Archangel Raphael. On one amulet, the figure is labeled as Arlaph, but an inscription reads "The [[Seal of Solomon]] [is] with the bearer; I am Noskam." The reverse inscription is written within an ouroboros, the symbol of a snake biting its tail to form a circle: "Flee, flee, Abyzou, [from] Sisinios and Sisinnia; the voracious dog dwells here." (Saint Sisinnios sometimes takes the Solomon role on Christian [[amulet]]s.) Although Abyzou is regarded mainly as a threat to childbearing women and to infants, some of the names of those seeking protection from her on extant amulets are masculine. | ||
Medieval amulets show a variation on this iconography, with Abyzou trampled underfoot by a horseman. The rider is identified again either as Solomon or Arlaph; one example depicts the rider as Sisinnios, with the [[demon]] named as both Abizou and Anabardalea, and an angel named Araph (for Arlaph) standing by with one raised wing. The medieval lead [[amulet]]s that show the rider subduing the female often have a main image that resembles a gorgoneion and is likely a womb symbol (hystera). | Medieval amulets show a variation on this iconography, with Abyzou trampled underfoot by a horseman. The rider is identified again either as Solomon or Arlaph; one example depicts the rider as Sisinnios, with the [[demon]] named as both Abizou and Anabardalea, and an angel named Araph (for Arlaph) standing by with one raised wing. The medieval lead [[amulet]]s that show the rider subduing the female often have a main image that resembles a gorgoneion and is likely a womb symbol (hystera). | ||