| Artefact ID | 1064 |
| TM ID | TM 64440 |
| Findspot (DEChriM ID) | 12 (Ismant al-Ḫarāb) | Class | Textual |
| Material | Papyrus |
| Writing medium | Sheet/roll |
| Text content | Documentary, Subliterary |
| Language | Greek |
| Archive/Dossier | Archive |
| Description | P.Kellis I Gr. 86: Amulet featuring a spell against fever and the names of the archangels. A papyrus sheet (ca. 12.2 cm x 16.6 cm) folded one time horizontally, four times vertically, and probably also rolled. The sheet is now broken on the middle. The text was written on the recto, the verso is blank. The main text is composed of magical vowel strings in a chiastic structure centered on the palindrome thanalblanath, followed by an appeal (in Greek) for the curing of the amulet's wearer. The names of the archangels Raphael, Gabriel, Michael, and Uriel are written in the margins at 180 degree angle, with Raphael and Michael paired in the left margin, Ouriel and Gabriel with figurae magicae in the right. |
| Selection criteria | Christian terms/formulas/concepts |
| Date from | 301 |
| Date to | 400 |
| Dating criteria | Find context |
| Absolute/relative date | Relative date |
| Archaeological context | House 3, Room 6, level 3 |
| Accession number | Kellis, excavations Dakleh Oasis Project 1986-, inv. P.78.H |
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