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Artefact ID	1748
TM ID	TM 64257
Findspot (DEChriM ID)	- ()
Class	Textual
Material	Papyrus
Writing medium	Sheet/roll
Text content	Subliterary
Language	Greek
Description	P. Yale 2 130, Suppl. Mag. 2 84, SB 14 12113: Phylakterion, protection from evil The papyrus (~12.8 x 7 cm) is broken off on all sides and contains 14 strongly fragmentary lines. Initially assumed to form part of a Christian prayer, Daniel 1977 identified the sheet as being part of a magical handbook, intended to protect a woman from a number of misfortunes, such as evil acts, daimon visitation (δέμον[ων], line 7), elements connected to Hekate, ghosts, epilepsy, bodily diseases and enchantment. A possible Christian element is κ(ύρι)ε in line 1 as a nomen sacrum. The verso is blank.
Selection criteria	Nomina sacra
Date from	200
Date to	399
Dating criteria	Palaeography; the ed.pr. points out similarities to P.Berl. 9968 (3rd c.) and P.Amh. II 24 (350–399 CE), the re-edition of Stephens 1985 places it in the 3rd c.
Absolute/relative date	Relative date
Archaeological context	Acquired by Yale University from Maurice Nahman in 1931, said to be from Abū Tīǧ (Apotheke, outside Asyūṭ).
Accession number	New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Library P. CtYBR 989

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition
• Daniel, Robert W. 1977. “Some Φυλακτήρια.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik (ZPE) 25. 145-154: 145-149, No. 1.
• Stephens, Susan A. 1985. Yale Papyri in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library II. Chico, CA: Scholars Press. 138-140, No. 130.

Editio princeps
• Proulx, Pierre and José O’Callaghan. 1974. “Papiro Mágico Christiano (PYale inv. 989).” Studia Papyrologica (Stud.Pap.) 13: 83-88.

Additional bibliography
• –––. 2005. “XI. Prayers for Individual Use.” Papyri from the Rise of Christianity in Egypt: Draft Conspectus. (PCE.XI). Macquarie University. 9, No. 125. [http://www.mq.edu.au/pubstatic/public/download/%3Fid%3D45105&usg=AOvVaw2xqK_R6N3vQdQpC4Mq_iMD]
• Betz, Hans Dietrich. 1986. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation. Including the Demotic Spells. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 313, No. PGM 114 (Translation: Kotansky, Roy).
• Daniel, Robert Walter and Franco Maltomini. 1992. Supplementum Magicum. Vol. II. (Suppl. Mag. II). Papyrologica Coloniensia XVI.2. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag. 172-176, No. 84.
• De Haro Sanchez, Magali. 2010. “Le vocabulaire de la pathologie et de la thérapeutique dans les papyrus iatromagique grecs. Fièvres, traumatismes et ‘épilepsie’.” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists (BASP) 47. 131-153: 147-148. 151-152.
• Maltomini, Franco. 1980. “Osservazioni al testo di alcuni papiri magici greci. I.” In Miscellanea Papyrologica, edited by Rosario Pintaudi. Papyrologica Florentina (Pap. Flor.) VII. Firenze: Edizioni Gonnelli. 169-177, No. 3. [Plate XI.]
• Roberts, Colin H. 1979. Manuscript, Society, and Belief in Early Christian Egypt. London: Oxford University Press. 82.
• Rupprecht, Hans-Albert and Joachim Hengstl. 1983. Sammelband Griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Vierzehnter Band. Drittes Heft. (Nr. 11938–12219). (SB 14). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. 469-470, No. 12113.

Authors

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023

Suggested citation

Victoria G. D. Landau, 2023, "Artefact ID 1748", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1748

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TM 64257 / LDAB 5477 DCLP (PN) MP3 Kyprianos M833 Yale University Library — Digital Collections (P.CtYBR inv. 989)

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