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LOT 0264
Aramaic Lead Scroll with Magical Text
2ND-8TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (31 grams, 58 mm).
A rectangular lead sheet rolled into a tight scroll with the text to the inner face.
ProvenanceCollected from 1970-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
The item was possibly meant to be what the Romans called a defixio or 'curse tablet', on which the magical malediction was recorded and then shut away (by being tightly rolled up) so that the victim could not find it or change it.
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LOT 0264
Aramaic Lead Scroll with Magical Text
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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