★ Kotansky, Roy. Greek Magical Amulets. The Inscribed Gold, Silver, Copper, and Bronze Lamellae. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1994, p. 24, no. 6.Fremersdorf, Fritz. “Inschriften auf Römischen Kleingerät aus Köln.” Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission 27 (1937): 40+44, fig. 6.4. Grimm, Günter. Die Zeugnisse Ägyptischer Religion und Kunstelemente im Römischen Deutschland. Leiden: Brill, 1969, p. 172-173, no. 67. Lehner, Hans. “Orientalische Mysterienkulte im römischen Rheinland. Erweiterter Vortrag, gehalten im Verein von Altertumsfreunden am 16. März 1924.” Bonner Jahrbücher 129 (1924): 63.Fremersdorf, Fritz. “Inschriften auf Römischen Kleingerät aus Köln.” Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission 27 (1937): 40+44, fig. 6.4. Grimm, Günter. Die Zeugnisse Ägyptischer Religion und Kunstelemente im Römischen Deutschland. Leiden: Brill, 1969, p.…

★ Kotansky, Roy. Greek Magical Amulets. The Inscribed Gold, Silver, Copper, and Bronze Lamellae. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1994, p. 22-23, no. 5.Grimm, Günter. Die Zeugnisse Ägyptischer Religion und Kunstelemente im Römischen Deutschland. Leiden: Brill, 1969, p. 172, no. 66. Fremersdorf, Fritz. “Inschriften auf Römischen Kleingerät aus Köln.” Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission 27 (1937): 39, no. 13, pl. 5.Grimm, Günter. Die Zeugnisse Ägyptischer Religion und Kunstelemente im Römischen Deutschland. Leiden: Brill, 1969, p. 172, no. 66. Fremersdorf, Fritz. “Inschriften auf Römischen Kleingerät aus Köln.” Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission 27 (1937): 39, no. 13, pl. 5.Magical (applied)Found in situ in 1929 at the Roman cemetery on the Jakobstraße in grave no. 148…

Grimm, Günter. Die Zeugnisse Ägyptischer Religion und Kunstelemente im Römischen Deutschland. Leiden: Brill, 1969, p. 129-131, no. 13. ★ Kotansky, Roy. Greek Magical Amulets. The Inscribed Gold, Silver, Copper, and Bronze Lamellae. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1994, p. 16-21, no. 4, pl. 1. Siebourg, Max. “Ein Gnostisches Goldamulet aus Gellep.” Bonner Jahrbücher 103 (1898): 123-153.Brockelmann, C. “Ephesia Grammata.” Bonner Jahrbücher 104 (1899): 192-193. Fremersdorf, Fritz. “Inschriften auf Römischen Kleingerät aus Köln.” Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission 27 (1937): 39. Holmquist, Wilhelm. Kunstprobleme der Merowingerzeit. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1939, p. 127, no. 57 + p. 157, no. 140. Jordan, David R. “The Inscribed Gold Tablet from the Vigna Codini.” American Journal of…

★ Kotansky, Roy. Greek Magical Amulets. The Inscribed Gold, Silver, Copper, and Bronze Lamellae. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1994, p. 13-15, no. 3, pl. 1. Wright, R. P. “II. Inscriptions.” Britannia. A Journal of Romano-British and Kindred Studies 1 (1970): 305, no. 1.Magical (applied)No ink, incised.1. Ro ll. 1-5: Amulet for protection consisting of kharaktēres and voces magicae (?).Kotansky (1994: p. 13).301500Kotansky (1994: p. 13). 1,9 x 2,5 cm according to Wright (1970: p. 305).KD (13/9/2022); ST (6/10/2022); ST (7/10/2022); KD (8/11/2022)Woodeaton, United Kingdom (Britannia)Sheet3824146[Non-linguistic]Metal (gold)11 column recto, 5 lines.Ashmolean Museum,Found around 1968 at the site of a Romano-Celtic temple at Woodeaton (Kotansky 1994: p. 13; Wright 1970: p. 305).LatinGMA 3Published.Fragmentary,…

Barnwell, E. L. “The Carnarvon Talisman.” Archaeologia Cambrensis 10 (1879): 103-104. Collingwood, R. G. and R. P. Wright. The Roman Inscriptions of Britain. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1965, p. 236-237, no. 706. ★ Kotansky, Roy. Greek Magical Amulets. The Inscribed Gold, Silver, Copper, and Bronze Lamellae. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1994, p. 1-2, no. 1, pl. 1.Boon, George C. “The Gold Brooch and Gold Phylactery from Segontium.” Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies 21 (1964): 99. Harris, Eve and John R. Harris. The Oriental Cults in Roman Britain. Leiden: Brill, 1965, p. 93-94. Henig, Martin. Religion in Roman Britain. London: Batsford, 1995, p. 184-188. Home, Gordon C. Roman York.…

“Report on Papyri, etc., of 1925 consignment”, p. 16 online at https://apps.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/papyrology/acq-reports/Report%20on%20Papyri%2C%20etc.%2C%20of%201925%20consignment.pdf”Report on Papyri, etc., of 1925 consignment”, p. 16 online at https://apps.lib.umich.edu/files/libraries/papyrology/acq-reports/Report%20on%20Papyri%2C%20etc.%2C%20of%201925%20consignment.pdfMagical (?) Forgery (?)Website notes that it was purchased by Dr. Askren, part of lot II (9/10/2023); sent in November 1924 along with 25 other pieces (in 32 fragments) (“Report on Papyri, etc., of 1925 consignment”, p. 16).https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?id=S-APIS-X-4378%5D4278AR.TIFhttps://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?id=S-APIS-X-4378%5D4278AR.TIFBlack1. Ro ll. 1-3: Arabic text. 2. Ro ll. 4-8: Two angelic figures, one with wings (angel?). 3. Ro ll. 8-17: 10 lines of Coptic text, much illegible and perhaps best understood as a pseudo-script.Collection website lists date as 9th to tenth century CE (9/10/2023). Since it is paper, a tenth…

Browne, Gerald M. Michigan Coptic Texts. Barcelona: Papyrologica Castroctaviana, 1979, p. 41-43, no. 11.Worrell, William H. Coptic Texts in the University of Michigan Collection. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1942, p. 20, plate IV.Worrell, William H. Coptic Texts in the University of Michigan Collection. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1942, p. 20, plate IV.Magical (formulary) (?)Acquired by Dr. Askren and Prof. Boak in July 1925 (collection website 24/1/2025).https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?id=S-APIS-X-2150%5D4162R.TIFhttps://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?id=S-APIS-X-2150%5D4162R.TIFBlack1. p. 1 l. 1-p. 2 l. 9: Unclear text, perhaps magical.Dated to the sixth century at the latest by Worrell (1942) 20; dated to the fifth or sixth century by Browne (1979: 41-42) and the collection website (24/1/2025).501600BohairicCollection website (24/1/2025)KD…

Magical (formulary)No acquisition information.https://viewer.cbl.ie/viewer/image/Cpt_2069/1/LOG_0000/Black1. Ro ll. 1-12: Love spell? 2. Ro ll. 13-26: Love spell 3. Ro ll. 27-28: Acclamation of the God of the Martyrs.Collection website (27/6/2022).301600Collection website (27/6/2022)KD (27/6/2022)Egypt16 (?) horizontal creases.Sheet381719Egyptian (Coptic)PapyrusSheet is made of two separate sheets stuck together, but the text seems to continue across these, so that the join was probably madein antiquity.11 column recto (→), 28 surviving lines.Dublin, Chester Beatty LibraryNo provenance information.CopticChester Beatty Cpt 2069Unpublished.Broken at top, damage along creases. Left, right, and bottom margins preserved.112494925.3Egypt (?)

Schwab, Moïse. “Les coupes magiques et l’hydromancie dans l’antiquité orientale”, Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology 12 (1890), bowl H. Segal, Judah B. Catalogue of the Aramaic and Mandaic Incantation Bowls in the British Museum (CAMIB). BMP, London, 2000, no. 26A.Isbell Charles, D. Corpus of the Aramaic Incantation Bowls, Missoula: Society of Biblical Literature and Scholars Press, Dissertation Series 17],1975. Jeruzalmi, Isak. Les coupes magiques Araméennes de Mésopotamie, PhD Thesis, Université de Paris, 1963, 92-99. Müller-Kessler, Christa. “Die Zauberschalensammlung des British Museum”, in Archiv für Orientforschung, 48/49, 2001/2, 122-123, 026A. Sokoloff, Michael. A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic Periods. Ramat-Gan: Bar Ilan University Press,…

Segal, Judah B. Catalogue of the Aramaic and Mandaic Incantation Bowls in the British Museum (CAMIB). BMP, London, 2000, no. 25A.Müller-Kessler C. “Die Zauberschalensammlung des British Museum”, in Archiv für Orientforschung, 48/49, 2001/2, 122, 025A.Müller-Kessler C. “Die Zauberschalensammlung des British Museum”, in Archiv für Orientforschung, 48/49, 2001/2, 122, 025A.Magical (applied) Incantation BowlPurchased from Claude Scott Steuart in 1841.https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/743019001https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1841-0726-90Black1. Inside ll. 1-7: Incantation bowl for protecting a woman named Qlima, daughter of Yewita (קלימא בת יותא), from curses and demons.Coll. website (7/4/2022)5018003.9Jewish AramaicCollection website (7/4/2022)Information from the “Prosopography of magic bowls” by Ortal-Paz Saar digitised by AS entered by KD (23/6/2022)Iraq (Mesopotamia)Bowl3815117Aramaic (Jewish)PotteryNo explanation of the name Qlima in Segal, 2000.…