4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1599
TM ID	TM 64440
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	12 (Ismant al-Ḫarāb)
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Subliterary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Kellis 1 86: Fever Amulet Inscribed with faded writing, this folded papyrus sheet (16.6 x 12.2 cm) contains angels’ names and magical signs in the margins: ΡΑΦΑΗΛ, ΜΙΧΑΗΛ (left margin) and ΟΥΡΙΗΛ, ΓΑΒΡΙΗΛ (right margin). The ed.pr. remarks on the amulet’s self-description as τελετή (formerly meaning “rite”, now “amulet”), similar to the evolution of the term τέλεσμα (possible precursor to “talisman”).
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from	300
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Find context
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Excavated at Kellis by the Dakhleh Oasis Project. Discovered in House 3, Room 6, level 3.
Accession number	Egypt, Kellis P 78 H

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