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Artefact ID	1746
TM ID	TM 64875
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Subliterary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Köln inv. 2861, Suppl. Mag. 1 20, van Haelst 902: Healing amulet for Thaes This sheet complete on all sides (12 x 18.5 cm), but damaged due to folds, contains the phrases κύριε θ(ε)ὲ καὶ θεω πάντα (line 3) and ὄνομα πατρὸς Χ(ριστ)οῦ (line 5-6), intended to heal a woman named Thaes (lines 4 and 7). The magical signs had been removed by water and re-written, probably due to a practice of infusing water with the properties of the written words to create a healing potion. The text may have been rewritten to be used for another amount of water or to be carried as a wearable amulet. The verso is blank.
Selection criteria	Christian terms/formulas/concepts, Nomina sacra
Date from	300
Date to	499
Dating criteria	Palaeography; dated to the 5th/6th c. in the ed.pr., to the 4th/5th c. by Daniel/Maltomini 1990.
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Unknown provenance
Accession number	Cologne, Papyrussammlung P. 2861

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps
• Wortmann, Dierk. 1968 “Neue Magische Texte.” Bonner Jahrbücher 168. Köln/Graz: Böhlau. 56-111: 102-104, No. 5.

Additional bibliography
• Daniel, Robert Walter and Franco Maltomini. 1990. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. I. (Suppl. Mag. I). Papyrologica Coloniensia XVI.1. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag. 55-57, No. 20.
• 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. 61, 192-193.
• Betz, Hans Dietrich. 1986. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 307, No. PGM 100 (Translation: Betz, Hans Dietrich).
• 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: 245, ViP 179.
• Sijpesteijn, Pieter J. 1973. “Review of D. Wortmann. Neue magische Texte.” Bibliotheca Orientalis (BiOr) 30: 206-207.
• Treu, Kurt. 1974. “Christliche Papyri IV.” Archiv für Papyrusforschung (AfP) 22-23. 368-395: 387.
• van Haelst, Joseph. 1976. Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens. Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne. 296, No. 902.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1746", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1746

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TM 64875 / LDAB 209 DCLP (PN) MP3 Kyprianos M821 Kölner Papyri

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