The Art and Science of Healing: From Antiquity to the Renaissance

The Art and Science of Healing: From Antiquity to the RenaissanceThe Art and Science of Healing: From Antiquity to the Renaissance

Amulet on Bracelet

Amulet

Amulet on bracelet Lead, string 220 x 80 mm 3rd–4th c. AD Karanis, Egypt University of Michigan Excavations, 1928. KM 24255

A protective spell was inscribed on this strip of lead, which was wrapped around a string and worn as a bracelet. Was it perhaps a spell against disease?