Calligraphy
Item number Ca53 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
Item number Ca53 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Small scroll with red script on inside.
Inscribed scroll (ketab) for enclosure in an amulet. The scrolls are written by dabtaras- educated, ordained layman in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, who gain their status through study or through membership in clergy families. Dabtaras are believed to have the power to affect the spiritual realm through inscriptions of incantation literature and talisman drawings. Dabtaras use this spiritual power for both the protection and harm of individuals. Often as an income supplement to their clergy work, these amulet scrolls are worn as necklaces, usually within leather pouches or silver cases. Ketab are believed to provide both physical and spiritual protection and health to its wearer, but dabtaras can also produce curses. This scroll is likely a curse.
religion; talisman
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religion; talisman
Small scroll with red script on inside.
Inscribed scroll (ketab) for enclosure in an amulet. The scrolls are written by dabtaras- educated, ordained layman in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, who gain their status through study or through membership in clergy families. Dabtaras are believed to have the power to affect the spiritual realm through inscriptions of incantation literature and talisman drawings. Dabtaras use this spiritual power for both the protection and harm of individuals. Often as an income supplement to their clergy work, these amulet scrolls are worn as necklaces, usually within leather pouches or silver cases. Ketab are believed to provide both physical and spiritual protection and health to its wearer, but dabtaras can also produce curses. This scroll is likely a curse.
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