Amulet for Winning a Legal Case

This long amulet text, written in a variant of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, was inscribed with a stylus on a thin gold sheet for a client named Baro (or possibly Badu), son of Esther. The amulet seems to have been found in the Balkan region. The text, seemingly copied (with errors) from a book of magical formulas, contains unusual words and spellings, making the translation tentative in places. It begins with praise of the deity, then turns to requests for protection. The last section instructs the user on how to use the amulet and seems to have been mistakenly copied from the book of magical recipes along with the amulet text. The golden amulet was folded, probably to be tucked into a container and worn on the body.

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This long amulet text, written in a variant of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, was inscribed with a stylus on a thin gold sheet for a client named Baro (or possibly Badu), son of Esther. The amulet seems to have been found in the Balkan region. The text, seemingly copied (with errors) from a book of magical formulas, contains unusual words and spellings, making the translation tentative in places. It begins with praise of the deity, then turns to requests for protection. The last section instructs the user on how to use the amulet and seems to have been mistakenly copied from the book of magical recipes along with the amulet text. The golden amulet was folded, probably to be tucked into a container and worn on the body.

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