The Pentacles

Athens 115 · Seal 18

A long wavy stroke stands beside a six-pointed star, accompanied by scattered letter-like signs. [1]

Delatte 1927, printed historical edition; Athens MS 115 · Delatte I (1927), printed p. 20, row 2, column 3; phylactery passage p. 18, Athens MS 115, Book II, ff. 17–18.

Pentacle profile

Tradition and Group: Greek Solomonic tradition · Athens MS 115 [1]
Position within the Set: 18th design in the catalogue; unnumbered in Delatte’s edition. [1]
Attributed Purpose: Part of the twenty-four-seal phylactery carried at the chest in preparation for the art of the circle. [1]
Design: A hexagram is surrounded by small letter-like marks and a long wavy stroke on the left. [1]

A hexagram is surrounded by small letter-like marks and a long wavy stroke on the left. — **Source reproduction** A hexagram and a wavy line. Delatte, 1927, p. 20.

A hexagram and a wavy line

Two overlapping triangles create a six-pointed star with an open central hexagon. Two small marks stand above it, another lies to its right, and two more sit below. A long, wavy vertical line occupies the space at the left. [1]

The star is separate from the enclosing circle, and none of its points reaches the rim. Seal 7 has the same broad hexagram structure but different surrounding characters, including a larger pair below. [1]

The chest-worn phylactery

The hexagram belongs to the chest-worn phylactery series. The Greek preparation passage separately places four pentalphae on thin leather hand coverings after the twenty-four seals. The drawings printed on pages 19–20 belong to the former group. [1]

Sources and editions

A. Delatte, Anecdota Atheniensia I
Delatte 1927, printed historical edition; Athens MS 115. Manuscript B (Athens MS 115): introductory description, printed pp. 1–2; Book II, phylactery passage p. 18, lines 19–27 (ff. 17–18); twenty-four seals pp. 19–20; this drawing p. 20, row 2, column 3. Facsimile PDF pp. 14–15 and 31–33.
The drawing appears in Delatte’s 1927 edition of Athens MS 115.