4care-artefacts

Artefact ID	1710
TM ID	TM 33002
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Subliterary
Language	Greek
Description	P.Noviomagensis inv. 2, Suppl. Mag. 2 93, SB 18 13874: Fragment of a Lychnomanteia Only the remains of 7 lines are preserved on this fragment (8.2 x 4.2 cm), which most probably belonged to a longer instruction on lamp divination (lychnomanteia). Requiring “good oil” (χρηστὸν ἔλαιον, line 1), the spell invokes Harnechtha (and possibly Osirchentechtha?) as well as τῷ κ(υρί)ῳ θεῷ Ὀσί[ριδι καὶ τῷ αρχαγγέ]λω Μιχαήλ (“the lord god Osiris and the archangel Michael”, line 3–4). The verso is blank. For the lychnomanteia, similarities noted are to PGM II VII (l. 540, divination); PGM II XXIIb (l. 27); PGM II LXII (l. 1-2).
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Christian onomastics, Nomina sacra
Date from	300
Date to	499
Dating criteria	Palaeography
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance; not part of the papyrus collection of Engelbert Drerup.
Accession number	Nijmegen, University Library P. 2

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