4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1571
TM ID	TM 34019
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	12 (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Subliterary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Gascou 84: Magical amulet This sheet (7.2 × 7 cm) is intended to be used as an amulet against fever with shivering and any kind of ailment or affliction. The writer does so by invoking the 7 angels Uriel, Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Ragouel, Phanouel and Radouriel (these last two appear only here in the papyri) as ἀνγελοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, as well as by invoking ἅγιε βασιλεῦ τῶν αἰώνων ἀπ’ αἰώνων («holy king of the eons after eons», line 15–16) through τοῦ ἁγίου ὀνόματος («your holy name», line 21).
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics
Date from	300
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Find context
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Excavated at Kellis as part of the Dakhleh Oasis Project. Discovered in Area A/6 = House 4, Room 1B, level 2.
Accession number	Egypt, Kellis, excavations Dakleh Oasis Project P 93.24

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