Material: Papyrus
Date: ca. 3rd century
Dimensions: 4.2 × 2 cm
Findspot: Unknown
Current Location: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California, 80.AM.53
This tiny gold lamella was rolled and very likely kept in a small tube (see an example kept at the british Museum here: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1981-0201-30). The incantation reads:
The god of Abraam, the god of Eisak, the god of Iakôb, the god of us:Deliver Aurelia from every evil spiritand from every epileptic fit and seizure!
I implore you, Lord Iaô, Sabaôth, Elôaion, Ouriêl, Michaêl, Raphaêl, Gabriêl, Saraêl, Rasochêl, Ablanathanalba, Abrasax, xxxxxx nnnnnn ô aa iiiiiiiiii x o yyyyyyy ao ooooooo ônô (4 symbols) Sesengenbarpharangês:Protect!
Ippho, Io Erbêth (magic signs): protect Aurelia from every seizure, from every seizure, Iaô, Ieôu, Iêô Lammô Iaô Charakoôpou Sesengenbarphrangês, Iaô, Aeeyyai, Iêou, Iaô, Sabaôth, Adônaie, Êlêlêth, Iakô!
Engraved along the left side: Protect … !Translation mostly following R. Kotansky, Two Amulets in the Getty Museum, in: The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal 8 (1980), 181-188.
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