Kavel 258
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ETHIOPIAN (MAGIC HEALING?) SCROLL on goat skin, consisting of 2 pieces sown together. Length 114 cm., width ± 8 cm. Text and figurative decoration in black and pale orange.
Scrolls as these were ordered by a dabtara, healer, who would prescribe the sacrifice of a specific animal, and its skin would be used to prepare one or more scrolls. Probably written in Ethiopic, a Semitic language that is no longer spoken. In good condition.€ 100
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