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Artefact ID1695
TM IDTM 64629
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialParchment
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

Stud. Pal. 20 292, Pap. Graec. Mag.(2) 2 47, PGM II 47, van Haelst 1050: Fever amulet 
Folded three times, this vellum sheet (11.5 x 3.7 cm) contained two lines of drawings after 15 lines of text, leaving the bottom half of the sheet blank. Stragel, Strakouel, ὁ [θ]εός (line 4), Satoucheos and Psatoucheos are invoked to shield from different types of fever. The text ends with Eiaoth and Sabaoth. Both a Jewish and a Christian milieu are possible for this amulet. The verso is blank.

Selection criteriaChristian terms/formulas/concepts
Date from300
Date to599
Dating criteria

Palaeography; van Haelst 1976 places it in the 4th/5th c., Horak 1992 in the 6th c.

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown provenance

Accession number

Vienna, Nationalbibliothek G 2310

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Wessely, Carl. 1921. Catalogus Papyrorum Raineri. Series Graeca. Pars I. Textus Graeci papyrorum, qui in libro "Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer–Führer durch die Austellung Wien 1894" descripti sunt. Studien zur Palaeographie und Papyruskunde (Stud.Pal.) 20. Leipzig: Eduard Avenarius. 140, No. 292.

Additional bibliography
• Preisendanz, Karl. 1974. Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die Griechischen Zauberpapyri. Vol. 2. Leipzig/Berlin: Teubner. 181, No. 47.
• Betz, Hans Dietrich. 1986. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 282, No. PGM 47 (Translation: Smith, Morton).
• Horak, Ulrike. 1992. “Verzeichnis illuminierter edierter Papyri, Pergamente, Papiere und Ostraka.” Illuminierte Papyri, Pergamente und Papiere I. Pegasus Oriens I. Vienna: Holzhausen Verlag. 227-261: 248, ViP 218.
• van Haelst, Joseph. 1976. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens. Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne. 327, No. 1050.
• Wessely, Carl. 1894. Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer. Führer durch die Ausstellung. Vienna: Selbstverlag der Sammlung. 124, No. 526.
• Wessely, Carl. 1893. “Neue griechische Zauberpapyri.” Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Denkschr. Wien. Akad.) 42(2). 1-96: 67-68.
• Wilcken, Ulrich. 1901. “Heidnisches und Christliches aus Ägypten: III. Amulette” Archiv für Papyrusforschung (AfP) 1. 396-436: 425.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1695", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1695
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