Karanis / amulet and cord / Lead / Linen
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.02.4255
- Object Name
- amulet and cord
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Amulets
- Weight
- 1.8 g
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- A lead amulet, folded around the string with which it was worn, presumably around the wrist or ankle. Excavated in Karanis, Egypt, in a room whose contents date to the 3rd and 4th centuries A.D. It has never been unrolled, and its contents remain unknown.
- Amulet on bracelet. Lead, string (Karanis Revealed, Wilfong).
- Earliest Date
- 200
- Latest Date
- 399
- Verbatim Date
- 3rd - 4th C AD
- Unit Grid Number
- 0165
- Area
- R:*
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Production Site
- site
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- The Art & Science of Healing: From Antiquity to the Renaissance
- Exhibition Curator
- Alvarez, Pablo
- Exhibition Year
- 2017
- Publication Title
- Materia magica : the archaeology of magic in Roman Egypt, Cyprus, and Spain
- Karanis Revealed: Discovering the Past and Present of a Michigan Excavation in Egypt
- Publication Author
- Wilburn, Andrew T.
- Publication Year
- 2012
- 2014
- Class Title
- Exhibiting Egypt (F2018)
- World-Wide Witchcraft: Witch-Belief and Witch-Hunting in Global Perspective(F2019)
- The History of Disaster (F2019)
- Greek and Roman Magical Texts 003 (F2019)
- Greek and Roman Magical Texts 002 (F2019)
- Exhibiting Egypt (W2020)
- Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology (W2020)
- Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology (W2022)
- Exhibiting Egypt (F2022)
- History, Art & Philosophy of the Tarot (F2022)
- Writing and Arts II: Handmade: DIY Culture and Crafting (W2023)
- Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology (W2023)
- Disability in the Ancient Mediterranean (W2023)
- Ancient Egypt: Religion and Culture (W2023)
- Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology (W2024)
- Exhibiting Egypt (W2024)
- Ancient Egypt: Religion and Culture (W 2024)
- The Book and the Body (W2024)
- Class Instructor
- Wilfong, Terry G.
- Kivelson, Valerie
- Northrop, Douglas
- Renberg, Gil
- Richards, Janet
- Ahbel-Rappe, Sara
- Cassel, Cat
- Lamond, Emily
- Wilfong, Terry
- Brown, Catherine
- Class Department
- MIDEAST
- HISTORY
- CLCIV
- LSWA
- HIST
- COMPLIT
- Class Number
- 438.001
- 196.003
- 215
- 125.003
- 125.002
- 338
- 350.001
- 230.001
- 197
- 240.001
- 374
- Class Year
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
- Class Semester
- Fall
- Winter
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.02.4255
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.4255/dscn9060.jpg
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"Karanis; amulet and cord; Lead; Linen." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.4255/dscn9060.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.