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Artefact ID1694
TM IDTM 64609
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

Pap. Graec. Mag.(2) 2 43, PGM II 43: Magical papyrus for Sophia, daughter of Theonilla 
This dark brown papyrus sheet (6.2 x 7 cm) contains a magical spell protection against fevers, possibly used as an amulet. The left column contains the magical word Ablanathanalba repeated as a triangle over 13 lines; the right column contains the names of gods and angels: Emanouel, Asouel, Marmarel, Melchiel, Ouriel, Thouriel, Marmarioth, Athanael, Athanel, Sabaoth, Adonai, Eloai, Michael, Sabaoth, Gabriel, Souriel and Raphael. Preisendanz 1974 notes “α☧ω” at the end of lines 6, 7, 11 and 13.

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian symbols/gestures/isopsephy
Date from300
Date to425
Dating criteria

Palaeography; the ed.pr. dated it to the 4th c., Preisendanz 1974 to the beginning of the 5th c.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown provenance

Accession number

Vienna, Nationalbibliothek G 335 + P. Rainer 9

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Wessely, Carl. 1893. “Neue griechische Zauberpapyri.” Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Denkschr. Wien. Akad.) 42(2). 1-96: 70-71, No. R. 9.

Additional bibliography
• Preisendanz, Karl. 1974. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Leipzig/Berlin: Teubner. 179–180, No. 43.
• Betz, Hans Dietrich. 1986. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 281, No. PGM 43 (Translation: Scarborough, John).
• Maltomini, Franco. 2018. “Note al testo di alcuni papiri magici viennesi.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik (ZPE) 207. 115–121: 115.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1694", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1694
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