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Artefact ID1699
TM IDTM 69066
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumUncertain
Text contentSubliterary
LanguageGreek
Description

PSI Com 6 10: Formulary or amulet (?) 
The fragmentary state of this papyrus piece (5.8 x 4.3 cm) makes it impossible to tell its original size and function, possibly as a formulary or an amulet, a house phylactery. It contains the remains of 9 lines and 7 lines respectively on each side. Line 2 on Side A features the nomen sacrum κ(υριο)υ θ[(εο)] with supralinear stroke.

Selection criteriaNomina sacra
Date from300
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown provenance

Accession number

Florence, Istituto Papirologico ’G. Vitelli’ PSI inv. 1396

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Lembi, Gaia. 2005. Comunicazioni dell’Istituto Papirologico G. Vitelli 6. (PSI Com), edited by Guido Bastianini et al. Firenze: Firenze University Press. 81-85, No. 10. Tav. VII-VIII.

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.” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists (BASP) 48: 163-216. No. 5, 184-185.

Authors
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023
Suggested citation
Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1699", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1699
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