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Artefact ID1383
TM IDTM 64466
Findspot (DEChriM ID)41   (Kūm Awšīm)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

P.Mich. XVIII 768: Applied amulet for healing Sarapion, son of Allous, from fever.

Rapid, documentary script written across the fibres; one nomen sacrum. Traces on the back, probably offsets.

Selection criteriaChristian symbols/gestures/isopsephy
Date from-
Date to-
Dating criteria

Palaeography. Assigned to 4th c. in ed.pr; dated 300-350 in TM 64466 (July 2021).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Karanis, excavations, dump of house 242

Accession number

Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 5302

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Brashear, William M. 1996. Michigan Papyri, XVIII, P.Michigan Koenen: Michigan Texts Published in Honor of Ludwig Koenen, ed. Cornelia Römer, Amsterdam: Gieben, no. 768 (p. 75-87) with pl. VI.

Additional bibliography

• De Bruyn, Theodore S. and Jitse H.F. Dijkstra. 2011. "Greek Amulets and Formularies from Egypt Containing Christian Elements: A Checklist of Papyri, Parchments, Ostraka, and Tablets. Avec résumé en anglais." Bulletin of American Society of Papyrology 48, 163-216 (no. 47).

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1383", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1383
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