Ulf von Rauchhaupt has reported this week about the publication of the discovery and treatment of an artefact from the third century in Frankfurt, Germany: a small amulet, or phylactery that was found in a grave in 2018 in the district of Praunheim. The grave itself is dated between 230 and 270 AD, so this convenient gives us the latest possible date for the inscription.
Following the discovery of the amulet, scholars were reluctant to unroll it due to its fragility. The solution, as described by Markus Scholz of Goethe University, was to utilize anew kind of x-ray scanning - a "tomographic" scanning of the object in small slivers, culminating in combining them. Dr. Ivan Calandra was closely involved in the process of solving the mystery of how to read the silver foil scroll's text without destroying the ancient material. The inscription: "(In the name?) of Saint Titus. Holy, holy, holy! In the name of Jesus Christ, Son of God! The Lord of the world resists with [strengths?] all attacks(?) / setbacks(?). The God(?) grants entry to well-being. May this means of salvation (?) protect the man who surrenders himself to the will of the Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, since before Jesus Christ every knee bows: those in heaven, those on earth and those under the earth, and every tongue confesses (Jesus Christ)." Considering that the text concludes with a utilization of Philippians 2:10-11, it is likely to receive a Beuron identification number. It is among our earliest witnesses to the passage.
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