The Bembine Tablet, the Bembine Table of Isis or the Mensa Isiaca (Isiac Tablet) is an elaborate tablet of bronze with enamel and silver inlay, most probably of Roman origin but imitating Egyptian style. It was named in the Renaissance after Cardinal Bembo, a celebrated antiquarian who acquired it after the 1527 sack of Rome. Thereafter it was used by antiquarians in their often misguided efforts to penetrate the meaning of hieroglyphics, which were not authentically deciphered until the 19th century. Owing to these prior misconceptions, the tablet became of importance to the magic and esoteric traditions.