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This inscribed sheet of gold, first published by Eitrem in 1938, was found with three lead scrolls (that have never been unrolled) in Tomb 2, Cemetery 219, at Ballana. A small gold cross and scarab ring were also found in the grave. The Museum registry on ‘Sec V-8’ reads “#11474 Plaque, bearing an incised Greek inscription III–IVp gold. .098 x 0.55 Ballana 1931–1933. Tomb no. 2.”
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S. Eitrem in: Walter B. Emery & K. P. Kirwan, The Royal Tombs of Ballana and Qustul I (Cairo, 1938), p. 382 (Cat. No. 874): pp. 405–407; pl. 107B
R. Daniel & F. Maltomini, Supplementum Magicum Vol. II (Suppl. Mag. II) (Papyrologica Coloniensia XVI.2; Opladen, 1992), p. 157f.; cf. Jean-Jacques Aubert, “Threatened Wombs: Aspects of Ancient Uterine Magic,” Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 30 (1989), pp. 421–449, esp. p. 427, n. 8.
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Kotansky, R. (1994). A Nubian Conception and Fertility Charm. In: Greek Magical Amulets. Papyrologica Coloniensia. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-20312-4_61
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