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Artefact ID1379
TM IDTM 64513
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

P.Ross.Georg. I 23; PGM Christian 16: Amulet

Almost complete sheet of papyrus containing a prayer/curse with invocation to the holy trinity for vengeance against Theodosius.

Three staurograms at the end; use of nomina sacra.

Written along the fibers; the back is blank.

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy, Nomina sacra
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Acquired by Bock in Egypt in 1897

Accession number

St Petersburg, Hermitage Museum 5657

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition

• Preisendanz, Karl. 1974. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Leipzig–Berlin: Teubner, p. 225, no. 16.

Editio princeps

• Grigorij F. 1925. Papyri russischer und georgischer Sammlungen I, Literarische Texte, no. 23. 

Additional bibliography

• De Bruyn, Theodore S. and Dijkstra, Jitse H.F. 2011. "Greek Amulets and Formularies from Egypt Containing Christian Elements: A Checklist of Papyri, Parchments, Ostraka, and Tablets. Avec résumé en anglais." BASP, 48, 163-216, no. 35.

• Meyer, Marvin W. and Smith, Richard. 1999. Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic texts of ritual power, Princeton, 27.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1379", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1379
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