E01155: Bronze leaf with a charm invoking God, the Archangels *Michael (S00181) and *Raphael (S00481), and other figures, as protectors from injuries. Probably Christian, Jewish or syncretistic. Found at Hierapolis (Phrygia, west central Asia Minor). Probably late antique.

A bronze leaf, folded and enclosed in a silver tube. H. 0.082 m; W. 0.041 m. Found in a tomb, in the northern necropolis at Pamukkale (ancient Hierapolis).

Inscription:

ἐνορκίζομαί
σοι τὸν θεὸν τ̣ὸ-
ν κτίσαντα τὴν ̣γ-
4 ̣ῆν καὶ τοὺς οὐ-
ρανούς, ἐνορ-
κίζομαί σο-
ι τοὺς ἀγγέλο-
8 υς ̣Χερουβειν,
ἄνω ἁρμον-
ίαν, Μιχαήλ,
̣Ῥ̣α̣φαήλ, Ἀβ-
12 ρασαξ . . . [. .]
ἀποστραπῆναι ἀ̣π[ὸ]
̣τ̣ραυματίου

'I adjure you by God who founded the earth and the heavens, I adjure you by the angels, Cherubim, the harmony (above?), Michael, Raphael, Abrasax, [- - -] to be averted fro[m] injury.'

Text and translation: Aydaş 2004, no. 6.