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Artefact ID	1744
TM ID	TM 64406
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Subliterary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Erl. inv. 15, P. Erl. 37, Suppl. Mag. 1 14, van Haelst 907: Fever amulet for Johannes This fragmented sheet (6.9 x 5.4 cm) contains the remains of 11 lines, possibly an amulet. The invoked deity or demon is addressed as κύριέ (line 1). The writer seeks to free Ioannes (line 2, possibly line 8) from shivering (ῥῖγος, line 2, 3, 8) and fever (πυρετός, line 2, 8), from today on in perpetuity (ἅπαντα χρόνον τῆς ὅλης, line 10). τὸν ἄγγελλον occurs on line 7. The verso is blank. Only the name Johannes is an indicator for Christianity here; Daniel/Maltomini 1990 consider that the absence of a mother’s name might be connected to Christian influence.
Selection criteria	Christian onomastics
Date from	300
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance; acquired by Coptologist Carl Schmidt in 1934, many of the Erlangen papyri come from Oxyrhynchus, some contain place names further south.
Accession number	Erlangen, Universität 37

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition
• Maltomini, Franco. 1983. “Osservazioni al testo di alcuni papiri magici greci. (III.).” Studi Classici e Orientali 32. 235-240: 235-238, No. 1. Tav. XXVI.

Editio princeps
• Schubart, Wilhelm. 1942. Katalog der Handschriften der Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen. Vol. 3.1. Leipzig: Harrassowitz. 22-23, No. 37 [Nr. 15].

Additional bibliography
• Betz, Hans Dietrich. 1986. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 301-302, No. PGM 87 (Translation: Kotansky, Roy).
• Daniel, Robert W., and Pieter J. Sijpesteijn. 1984. “The Erlangen Fever-Amulet Again.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik (ZPE) 54: 83-84.
• Daniel, Robert Walter and Franco Maltomini. 1990. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. I. (Suppl. Mag. I). Papyrologica Coloniensia XVI.1. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag. 39-41, No. 14. Plate II.
• Horsley, Gregory H. R. 1983. New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity. Volume 3. A Review of the Greek Inscriptions and Papyri Published in 1978. Macquarie University: The Ancient History Documentary Research Centre. 118, §93.
• Preisendanz, Karl. 1951. “Neue griechische Zauberpapyri.” Chronique d’Egypte (CdE) 52. 405-409: 408.
• Preisendanz, Karl. 1964. ”Zur Überlieferung der griechischen Zauberpapyri.” In Miscellanea Critica. Teil I. Aus Anlass des 150jährigen Bestehens der Verlagsgesellschaft und des Graphischen Betriebes B. G. Teubner, Leipzig, edited by Johannes Irmscher et al. Leipzig: Teubner. 203-217: 212-213, No. 92 [XCII].
• Treu, Kurt. 1969. “Christliche Papyri 1940-1967.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung (AfP) 19. 169-206: 195.
• Treu, Kurt. 1985. “Christliche Papyri XI.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung (AfP) 31. 59-71: 64, Liturgiae, Preces No. 907.
• van Haelst, Joseph. 1976. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens. Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne. 297, No. 907.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1744", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1744

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TM 64406 / LDAB 5629 DCLP (PN) MP3 Kyprianos M811

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