Original Use:

1. Side A + side B (?): Unclear.

Re-use (palimpsest):

2. Side A ll. 1-26: Liturgical prayer for the laying of hands on the sick, for healing from illness;

Greek

Worp (1995: p. 230); Römer, Daniel & Worp (1997: p. 128).

Tablet

1

T.Kellis inv. A/5/193, House 3, room 8, level 4, North wall

Two holes bored in the right hand part of the tablet after writing, perhaps to form notebook (Worp 1995: p. 220).

Worp (1995: p. 222) suspected that the text might be an amulet, or a formulary from which an amulet might be copied, but as discussed by Römer et al (1997: p. 128) it seems more likely to have been intended to be read in liturgical contexts, and may have been part of a larger collection.