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2) Unidentified asmat-invocation for undoing charms (“Abunazǝr Sǝmunazǝr, dispel and disperse, remove and dissolve the charm of the man and the woman”).
4) Unidentified asmat-invocation for undoing charms (“Sǝfaḫazǝr Sǝfaḫazǝr Sǝfaḫazǝr in truth Sǝfaḫazǝr dispel and disperse, remove and dissolve any charm”).
The strips are joined together by means of small parchment strips
Layout
1 column
Scribe
Unknown
Colophon
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Additional notes
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Decoration
On the first strip: a stylized cross drawn in black ink on the top of the text 1.
Two human figures in black and red ink, dressed in garments decorated with zig-zag lines.
On the second strip: a cross in black and red ink, decorated with curled arms. The cross is surrounded by the following caption, containing a praise to the Cross and a supplication for the owner: መስቀል፡ መስቀል፡ መዋኤ፡ ጸር፡ መስቀል፡ መግረሬ፡ ጸር፡ መስቀል፡ [.]ሣቴ፡ ጸር፡ መስቀል፡ ቅጥቃጤ፡ ጸር፡ መስቀል፡ መልእልተ፡ ኵሉ፡ ነገር፡ አድኅኖ፡ እምአይነ፡ ጸላኢ፡ ወጸር፡ ለገብርከ፡
State of preservation
Discrete
Provenance and history
Unknown provenance. The manuscript came into possession of the Società Geografica d’Italia at some time before the 1930s, because it is mentioned in Silvio Zanutto’s Bibliografia etiopica (1932)