Aramaic Lead Magical Text Scroll

2ND-8TH CENTURY A.D.

5 3/4 in. (25.2 grams, 14.5 cm).

A rectangular sheet-lead panel with columns of lightly incised Aramaic text; the sheet originally rolled tightly.

Provenance

Acquired 1979-1999.
London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.

Footnotes

The item was possibly meant to be a defixio or curse tablet on which the malediction was recorded and then shut away (by being tightly rolled up) so that the victim could not find it or negate it.

CONDITION

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LOT 1059